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1/ I& #39;ve worked in tech policy for a decade. In most rooms, I& #39;m usually the only Latino - almost always the only Latinx immigrant.
If you care about immigrants or Latinx people, if you care about kids, I need you to care about Palantir& #39;s IPO next Tuesday. https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/palantir-ice-deportation-immigrant-surveillance-big-data.html">https://slate.com/technolog...
If you care about immigrants or Latinx people, if you care about kids, I need you to care about Palantir& #39;s IPO next Tuesday. https://slate.com/technology/2020/09/palantir-ice-deportation-immigrant-surveillance-big-data.html">https://slate.com/technolog...
2/ Palantir wrote the final layer of code facilitating countless deportations - and Trump& #39;s first systematic family separations.
When confronted, Palantir& #39;s CEO has made demonstrably false denials. He has lied.
Their stock goes on sale Tuesday as if none of this had happened.
When confronted, Palantir& #39;s CEO has made demonstrably false denials. He has lied.
Their stock goes on sale Tuesday as if none of this had happened.
3/ A teen arrives alone at the border after traveling 2,000 miles to escape a violent uncle. Feds ask his brother to take him in.
The brother asks: If I say yes, will ICE come for me? They say no.
7 months later, ICE shows up at his house and arrests him https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/ice-arrests-young-immigrant-s-sponsor-months-after-feds-assured-him-he-d-be-safe/article_428366f5-6d03-552c-a277-93b83d3005e2.html">https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/loca...
The brother asks: If I say yes, will ICE come for me? They say no.
7 months later, ICE shows up at his house and arrests him https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/ice-arrests-young-immigrant-s-sponsor-months-after-feds-assured-him-he-d-be-safe/article_428366f5-6d03-552c-a277-93b83d3005e2.html">https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/loca...
4/ A young family gets a knock at their door. A child answers. As the kids watch, ICE agents come in and arrest their dad.
He& #39;s been here decades. Clean record. How& #39;d they find him? From the license he& #39;d just got at the DMV.
See her testify (@ 1:42:35): http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media/false?cmte=jpr&ys=2020RS&clip=JPR_2_27_2020_meeting_1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmgahouse.maryland.gov%2Fmga%2Fplay%2Fb9a1d39c-c228-4b91-8b47-fd4fbe268039%2F%3Fcatalog%2F03e481c7-8a42-4438-a7da-93ff74bdaa4c%26playfrom%3D3462175">https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsit...
He& #39;s been here decades. Clean record. How& #39;d they find him? From the license he& #39;d just got at the DMV.
See her testify (@ 1:42:35): http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media/false?cmte=jpr&ys=2020RS&clip=JPR_2_27_2020_meeting_1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmgahouse.maryland.gov%2Fmga%2Fplay%2Fb9a1d39c-c228-4b91-8b47-fd4fbe268039%2F%3Fcatalog%2F03e481c7-8a42-4438-a7da-93ff74bdaa4c%26playfrom%3D3462175">https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsit...
5/ Who wrote the code helping agents use data from a scared, detained kid to help ICE deport their sponsor?
Palantir.
Take ICE’s word for it. Ctrl+F for “ICM” (Palantir’s case management software) in this doc obtained by @Mijente. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5980596-Smuggling-Initiative-ConOP.html">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents...
Palantir.
Take ICE’s word for it. Ctrl+F for “ICM” (Palantir’s case management software) in this doc obtained by @Mijente. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5980596-Smuggling-Initiative-ConOP.html">https://www.documentcloud.org/documents...
6/ Who built a portal for agents to conveniently access driver’s license data networks?
Palantir.
Again, don’t take my word for it. Read ICE’s own documentation of Palantir software. Pages 17-18 here ("Nlets"): https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy-pia-ice-icm-june2016.pdf">https://www.dhs.gov/sites/def...
Palantir.
Again, don’t take my word for it. Read ICE’s own documentation of Palantir software. Pages 17-18 here ("Nlets"): https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy-pia-ice-icm-june2016.pdf">https://www.dhs.gov/sites/def...
7/ Alex Karp has called Palantir’s work for ICE “limited” and a “de minimis part of our work.”
Ah - strange thing for the CEO of an imminently public company to say about their *second largest U.S. government client* in FY19 & FY18: https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/8faa3bf8-d9e9-fec1-9195-f9000c98e8ec-P/2019">https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient...
Ah - strange thing for the CEO of an imminently public company to say about their *second largest U.S. government client* in FY19 & FY18: https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/8faa3bf8-d9e9-fec1-9195-f9000c98e8ec-P/2019">https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient...
8/ The other thing that Palantir says is that they work for ICE Homeland Security Investigations, not Enforcement and Removal Operations.
Here& #39;s their quote to @dealbook:
Here& #39;s their quote to @dealbook:
9/ ...so why does ICE& #39;s documentation of Palantir software say THIRTEEN TIMES that it will also be used by ERO?
Here& #39;s two of those 13:
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy-pia-ice-icm-june2016.pdf">https://www.dhs.gov/sites/def...
Here& #39;s two of those 13:
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy-pia-ice-icm-june2016.pdf">https://www.dhs.gov/sites/def...
10/ People like to say "this is not normal."
When a company that profits from ICE family separations IPOs and no one bats an eye, we make it normal.
When they lie about it and no one says a thing, we make it normal.
Please pay attention. Please SAY SOMETHING
When a company that profits from ICE family separations IPOs and no one bats an eye, we make it normal.
When they lie about it and no one says a thing, we make it normal.
Please pay attention. Please SAY SOMETHING
11/ People can decide for themselves if, in September 2020, it will be profitable to invest in a company that derives a substantial portion of its revenues from the deportation economy.
The moral case is more than clear. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/04/palantir-ipo-ice-immigration-trump-administration">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
The moral case is more than clear. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/04/palantir-ipo-ice-immigration-trump-administration">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
12/ If you want to help, follow @MijenteComite, @ConMijente, @JustFuturesLaw, @ImmDefense, and the hashtags #NoTechForICE and #DefundPalantir.
For more information on how Palantir fuels deportations, read this report from @EmpowerLLC & the folks above: https://mijente.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WHO%E2%80%99S-BEHIND-ICE_-The-Tech-and-Data-Companies-Fueling-Deportations-_v1.pdf">https://mijente.net/wp-conten...
For more information on how Palantir fuels deportations, read this report from @EmpowerLLC & the folks above: https://mijente.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WHO%E2%80%99S-BEHIND-ICE_-The-Tech-and-Data-Companies-Fueling-Deportations-_v1.pdf">https://mijente.net/wp-conten...
