\"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just inked a $12.2 million contract for an artificial intelligence tool that claims to map out immigrants\u2019 daily routines, habits, and real-time location and categorize them as potential threats, per procurement records reviewed by the Lever.<\/p>
Dubbed \u201cProject SAFE HAVEN,\u201d the product is advertised by defense vendor Edge Ops LLC as a \u201cquestion-based AI interface\u201d that uses \u201cpersistent passive data collection\u201d to map \u201cpatterns of life,\u201d a surveillance tactic that ICE says will identify the \u201chabitual locations, routes, and behavioral patterns\u201d of its targets.<\/p>
Additional features of the technology described in procurement documents include real-time location tracking and analysis that will categorize individuals and groups as affiliated with ostensible criminal organizations, such as gangs or cartels. That includes building \u201ctarget profiles\u201d that track individuals\u2019 activity by linking data obtained from Wi-Fi network connections and mobile smart devices, such as cell phones and smartwatches.<\/p>
A promotional blurb for the tool on Edge Ops LLC\u2019s website claims that Project SAFE HAVEN \u201ctransforms the way we identify, locate, and map illegal migrants.\u201d\"<\/p>
https:\/\/jacobin.com\/2026\/04\/ice-contract-ai-surveillance-immigrants\/<\/a><\/p> #USA<\/a> #Trump<\/a> #Authoritarianism<\/a> #ICE<\/a> #AI<\/a> #Surveillance<\/a> #Privacy<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-04:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/tldr.nettime.org\/users\/remixtures\/statuses\/116411630981256573","object":{"id":"https:\/\/tldr.nettime.org\/users\/remixtures\/statuses\/116411630981256573","objectType":"note","content":" \"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just inked a $12.2 million contract for an artificial intelligence tool that claims to map out immigrants\u2019 daily routines, habits, and real-time location and categorize them as potential threats, per procurement records reviewed by the Lever.<\/p> Dubbed \u201cProject SAFE HAVEN,\u201d the product is advertised by defense vendor Edge Ops LLC as a \u201cquestion-based AI interface\u201d that uses \u201cpersistent passive data collection\u201d to map \u201cpatterns of life,\u201d a surveillance tactic that ICE says will identify the \u201chabitual locations, routes, and behavioral patterns\u201d of its targets.<\/p> Additional features of the technology described in procurement documents include real-time location tracking and analysis that will categorize individuals and groups as affiliated with ostensible criminal organizations, such as gangs or cartels. That includes building \u201ctarget profiles\u201d that track individuals\u2019 activity by linking data obtained from Wi-Fi network connections and mobile smart devices, such as cell phones and smartwatches.<\/p> A promotional blurb for the tool on Edge Ops LLC\u2019s website claims that Project SAFE HAVEN \u201ctransforms the way we identify, locate, and map illegal migrants.\u201d\"<\/p> https:\/\/jacobin.com\/2026\/04\/ice-contract-ai-surveillance-immigrants\/<\/a><\/p> #USA<\/a> #Trump<\/a> #Authoritarianism<\/a> #ICE<\/a> #AI<\/a> #Surveillance<\/a> #Privacy<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/tldr.nettime.org\/@remixtures\/116411630981256573","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ai"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"authoritarianism"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ice"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"privacy"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"surveillance"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"trump"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-16:objectType=thread:nonce=ee4b31b89bd3fd87","notice_info":{"local_id":"12458132","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-16T05:41:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/tldr.nettime.org\/@remixtures\/116411630981256573"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6325317","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}