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Cook County in Illinois is investigating how data brokers like @LexisNexis enable ICE to skirt sanctuary laws.
We're in Truthout today, explaining how this works & how ICE agents get billions of data points to use in deportations.
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truthout.org/articles/ice-iβ¦
Cook County in Illinois is investigating how data brokers like @LexisNexis enable ICE to skirt sanctuary laws.
We're in Truthout today, explaining how this works & how ICE agents get billions of data points to use in deportations.
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truthout.org/articles/ice-iβ¦
It's the first such investigation we know of nationwide: Cook County Commissioner @AlmaEAnaya introduced a resolution asking the county to investigate how ICE may skirt sanctuary laws by using data brokers like LexisNexis.
cook-county.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.β¦
This is how it works. πππ
cook-county.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.β¦
This is how it works. πππ
Since Feb. 2021, ICE has had a contract worth up to $22.1 million w/data broker @LexisNexis, one of the largest aggregators of data in the world.
That contract gives thousands of ICE agents access to billions of data points on tens of millions of people. theintercept.com/2021/04/02/iceβ¦
That contract gives thousands of ICE agents access to billions of data points on tens of millions of people. theintercept.com/2021/04/02/iceβ¦
It also gives ICE access to a lesser-known tool: A "jail booking search" that lets ICE agents see real-time jail data, updated every 15 min, like the incarceration status & release dates of likely millions of people in jails/prisons.
That's true in sanctuary cities too.
That's true in sanctuary cities too.
Through our report w/@JustFuturesLaw & others, we showed how ICE's contract w/LexisNexis specifically cited sanctuary protections across the country limiting data sharing w/ICE agents.
As this data sharing was curtailed, ICE turned to private firms.
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aβ¦
As this data sharing was curtailed, ICE turned to private firms.
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aβ¦
The idea is simple: Cities, counties, & states are saying they don't want law enforcement helping ICE w/deportations.
ICE has trouble accessing incarceration & release data, meaning picking people up outside court, jail, etc. gets harder.
So it buys this data instead.
ICE has trouble accessing incarceration & release data, meaning picking people up outside court, jail, etc. gets harder.
So it buys this data instead.
Even in cities & counties like Cook County, where organizers spend years passing detainer ordinances or sanctuary laws that prohibit cops from working w/ or sharing data w/ICE, ICE has found a data backdoor.
LexisNexis is that backdoor, a willing collaborator in deportations.
LexisNexis is that backdoor, a willing collaborator in deportations.
That's what Cook County is investigating tomorrowβwhether the rights of Cook County residents are being systematically violated by these contracts that ICE & the county itself have w/LexisNexis.
You can find more info on the hearing here: cook-county.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.β¦
You can find more info on the hearing here: cook-county.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.β¦
We know this is national in scopeβcities & counties everywhere likely give ICE access to jail data in this way, a massive workaround to the laws we've passed ensuring sanctuary.
We'll be in Chicago tomorrow, urging the county to take strong action against this.
#NoTechforICE
We'll be in Chicago tomorrow, urging the county to take strong action against this.
#NoTechforICE
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