Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

The article details the advanced technologies employed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to support its intensified deportation efforts under President Donald Trump’s administration. Since Trump took office, ICE has been central to a campaign that resulted in approximately 350,000 deportations within eight months, utilizing a range of digital surveillance tools to identify and track undocumented immigrants. Key technologies include cell-site simulators—also known as “stingrays” or IMSI catchers—that mimic cellphone towers to intercept signals from nearby phones, enabling ICE to locate and monitor individuals. These devices, integrated into specialized vans by TechOps Specialty Vehicles, have raised privacy concerns due to their indiscriminate data collection from all phones in the vicinity and their use without warrants, often shrouded in secrecy during legal proceedings. Another significant technology in ICE’s arsenal is Clearview AI’s facial recognition software, which allows the agency to identify individuals by scanning a vast database of internet-sourced images. ICE recently signed a $3.