Did you know that Amazon help’s the government’s in immigration enforcement?

A new report commissioned by advocacy groups finds that multiple tech companies, including Amazon and Palantir, are of special importance to immigration authorities “due to their involvement at multiple points in the profiling, tracking and apprehension of undocumented persons.”

Why it matters: Contracts between major tech companies and immigration enforcers have drawn attention from the companies’ employees, some of whom object to playing a role in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The report draws on various sources, including congressional testimony, contracting records and agreements between agencies.

• It was backed by Mijente, the National Immigration Project, and the Immigrant Defense Project and produced by Empower LLC, an outside research firm.

Details:

• “Recent changes in policy and contracting at ICE have heightened the importance of two key tech companies: Amazon, as the primary cloud service provider for the agency, and Palantir, as a provider of case management that can be integrated with key DHS fusion centers and local and state law enforcement agencies,” says the report.
• It describes how the companies work with United States immigration authorities.
• Palantir provides “management and analysis software for local, regional and federal law enforcement, including key ICE systems” and Department of Homeland Security facilities in California.
• Amazon hosts “numerous state and federal data systems key to immigration enforcement, including Palantir’s Integrated Case Management system at ICE,” the report says, and works with state and local law enforcement that feed into DHS systems…..

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