ICE EXPANDS SURVEILLANCE ARSENAL FOR DEPORTATION CRACKDOWN: PALANTIR, CLEARVIEW, PARAGON, LEXISNEXIS

A TechCrunch report catalogs the tools bolstering ICE’s mass deportation push: expanded Palantir systems (ICM and proposed ImmigrationOS), renewed Clearview AI facial recognition, a reactivated Paragon spyware contract, and multi‑million dollar LexisNexis data subscriptions. The piece ties these procurements to a national enforcement escalation impacting hundreds of thousands, raising oversight, accuracy, and civil‑liberties concerns.