In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.
Demonstrators attend an anti-ICE rally in Lewiston, Maine on January 24, 2026. Federal officials have acknowledged collecting information on some protesters, even as they deny maintaining a database tracking U.S. citizens.
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An agent was filmed in January telling an observer they were being added to a ‘nice little database’
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration…
Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration…
Sen. Markey: Database of peaceful protesters, if it exists, should be shut down.
People who have been apprehended by federal agents at immigration protests and on their way to way work say they had samples of…
Two people claim they were punished for acts of protest, and an internal government memo suggests they may not be the last.
