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BREAKING: We’re releasing 1000s of docs & summary report detailing how ICE planned for the largest raid in their history. "Operation Mega", planned to arrest at least 8,400 people in 2017 & involved all of ICE’s 24 field offices.
mijente.net/icepapers
mijente.net/icepapers
The report is called: “Blueprint for Terror: How ICE Planned its Largest Immigration Raid"
One agent wished colleagues: “Happy Hunting” in advance of raids.
This is part of their effort to dehumanize us. We saw it revealed by the secret CBP Facebook page this week.
One agent wished colleagues: “Happy Hunting” in advance of raids.
This is part of their effort to dehumanize us. We saw it revealed by the secret CBP Facebook page this week.
Immigration raids are meant to terrorize communities & instill fear.
In 2017, ICE was planning a massive nationwide raid known as "Operation Mega."
After exposure they changed plans but we wanted to know:What were the plan?
We recruited over 200 orgs to file FOIAs to find out.
In 2017, ICE was planning a massive nationwide raid known as "Operation Mega."
After exposure they changed plans but we wanted to know:What were the plan?
We recruited over 200 orgs to file FOIAs to find out.
We wanted to find out how these instruments of terror work - info about the “operations, targets, tactics and coordination” practices between federal prosecutors and local police in large scale immigration raids.
Here’s some of what we found:
ICE used arrest quotas & anyone suspected of being a noncitizen was a target for deportation
Although Operation Mega was the largest raid ICE HQ planned, they conducted multiple national operations in 2017 with the same plans.
ICE used arrest quotas & anyone suspected of being a noncitizen was a target for deportation
Although Operation Mega was the largest raid ICE HQ planned, they conducted multiple national operations in 2017 with the same plans.
In this email agents make fun of the scale of the raids, and references Trump’s penchant for giving derogatory names to vindictive actions.
ICE lawyers trained local agents on the 4the Amendment during massive operations. This presentation discusses surveillance, warrants, vehicle stops, vehicle pursuits, ruses, searches, phone searches and arrest procedures.
ICE used arrest quotas and anyone suspected of being a noncitizen was a target for deportation. ICE HQ also sent local target quotas to local ICE Field Offices. To get higher numbers, agents were expected to arrest “collaterals” encountered in the operation.
They generated a target list using a “myriad of sources” fes including some commercial vendors (i.e. private companies) that collect personal information like traffic tickets, license plates, or utility bills.
Before the raids all officers were instructed to use @palantirtech‘s FALCON app. All ICE raids now use powerful tech and databases in the field. Palantir’s programs and databases, all hosted on @AWS, were integrated into all Operation MEGA/EPIC/CrossCheck planned raids.
.@PalantirTech is now part of all ICE enforcement actions. Every time you read about an ICE raid, know that Palantir provided the tech backbone, and @awscloud hosted it.
That's why we'll be outside their office in NYC and DC on Monday. More info here:
That's why we'll be outside their office in NYC and DC on Monday. More info here:
The ongoing threat of mass raids for mass deportations made it necessary for us to understand the inner workings of ICE’s mass raid operations. We’ve confirmed in gov docs that ICE ops are politically motivated & not at all about national security, as the administration claims.
"These documents expose how quota-driven raids feed the mass deportation and detention machine that treats people like numbers and targets, instead of people,” @paromitashah from Just Futures Law.
Read the docs for yourself, here: mijente.net/icepapers
Read the docs for yourself, here: mijente.net/icepapers
