Thread by @ConMijente

BREAKING: We're releasing a new report: "The War Against Immigrants: Trump's Tech Tools Powered by Palantir" today.

It's a comprehensive look at Palantir’s work & the web of personal connections that make it all happen, all centered around Peter Thiel.

mijente.net/trumppalantir

Yday ICE arrested 680 people in raids of food processing plants in Mississippi. The raids were a result of a year long HSI investigation & led to 100s of family separations.

Palantir says they don't separate families (that they help HSI w/investigations, not ERO).

However, yesterday's raids were carried out by HSI, casting doubt on Palantir's position and the companies role in family separations.

These raids are just the latest cruel implementation of the war against immigrations, powered by Palantir's technology.

To increase awareness about the company who ICE consider "mission critical" to their operations we release this report. It finds that Palantir had at least 29 active contracts with the U.S. fed gov worth $1.5 billion.

Palantir's ICM contract with ICE is an Indefinite Delivery Vehicle set to expire in September 2019, but, if renewed, will mean millions more in federal dollars for the company.

The value of Palantir's contracts w/the gov has increased significantly since Trump took office.

Peter Thiel’s web of influence in the Trump admin centers around Founders Fund connections; Founders Fund has mounted a behind-the-scenes campaign to overhaul federal technology acquisition practices at the DoD and Homeland Security for the benefit of Founders Fund investments.

Thiel has installed personal connections into key positions of power in the Trump administration. For example, Michael Kratsios left his position as Principal and Chief of Staff at Thiel Capital and recently promoted to U.S. Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

This report is part of our #NoTechForICE campaign which has focused on the tech companies fueling the deportation machine.

Learn more here: notechforice.mijente.net

For the art alone this report is worth a read.

Art by: Alejandro W. Poler (@alejandrosrealm on Instagram)

Same goes for this clarion call to tech workers: "The opposition to tech companies’ disavowal of responsibility must continue. There is no other way. If you are a tech worker at one of these companies, history will ask what you did."