In emails obtained in a FOIA lawsuit by @MaketheRoadNY, Trump officials acknowledged that "ICE already has the information."
But they chose to exclude that fact from talking points for Congress, when asked about info-sharing.
ICE& #39;s use of these databases is governed by user agreements and audits against "improper use." But while Trump admin has said that it hasn& #39;t changed policy on sharing of DACA recipients& #39; info, it& #39;s never explicitly said it hasn& #39;t changed policy on when ICE can use it.
And more to the point, they can change those policies at any time -- for example, if SCOTUS allows Trump to end DACA.
IMPORTANT: none of the current and former officials I spoke with for this piece thought it would be feasible for ICE to pull mass lists of DACA recipients and go after them. Most database users can& #39;t engage in "batch queries" (broad searches).
The more plausible concern would be that, for example, immigrants with deportation orders on the books — who the acting ICE director has said they could go after if SCOTUS sides with Trump on DACA — could be found bc of what they told the government when applying for DACA.
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