ICE says it bought Paragon’s spyware to use in drug trafficking cases

The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told lawmakers that the use of Paragon spyware is necessary to counter terrorists’ “thriving exploitation of encrypted communications platforms.”

Federal immigration agents filmed making airport arrests as Trump calls in ICE to ease security line delays

The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to over a dozen U.S. airports amid an ongoing federal shutdown that’s causing long wait times. Eyewitnesses have already recorded at least one arrest in San Francisco’s airport.

Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data

A hacking group called Department of Peace said they hacked a specific office within Homeland Security to protest ICE’s mass deportation campaign, and the companies aiding it.

Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE

The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people critical of the Trump administrat…

What tech CEOs and executives have said about ICE’s actions in Minnesota

The Trump administration’s approach to immigration has reached a level of violence that the tech industry cannot ignore. Here’s how tech leaders are responding to the moment.

Reid Hoffman urges Silicon Valley leaders to stop bending the knee to President Trump

Some Valley CEOs have condemned recent border patrol events, but Hoffman urges them to wield their influence more powerfully.

Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE

Activists behind the general strike are calling for “no work, no school, and no shopping” amid a push to defund ICE, which has escalated raids in U.S. cities, killing several people, including two U.S. citizens earlier this month in Minneapolis.

Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump’s deportation machine.

Tech workers call for CEOs to speak up against ICE after the killing of Alex Pretti

More than 450 tech workers from companies like Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter urging their CEOs to call the White House and demand ICE leave our cities.