How Amazon‬⁩, Microsoft‬⁩, ⁦Palantir‬⁩, & other Big Tech profit from ICE and help Trump abuse migrants

In their 'No Tech For ICE' report, Mijente details how firms like Amazon‬⁩, ⁦‪Microsoft‬⁩, and ⁦‪Palantir‬⁩ plan to profit from the detention and deportations of migrants.

“Technology companies are working with ICE to increase arrests, detentions, and deportations. Mijente, Immigrant Defense Project, and NIPNLG worked with Empower LLC to create this report exposing how tech is fueling the current deportation crisis. Learn more and join us to demand #notechforICE.”
The groups are urging technology workers to “Tell your execs you won’t build tools that enable mass deportation & human rights abuses, sign our petition, and connect with us to find out how you can hold your companies accountable.”
A [PDF of the report is here.]

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Our report details how firms like @Amazon @Microsoft @Palantir profit from detention & deportations.
We show how tech lobbying —> massive gov. contracts —> storing biometric data on millions & providing tech for deportations #NoTechForICEhttps://t.co/MGGTECRzSt
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018.@Amazon is *far ahead* of any other tech company in storing sensitive data—it has 204 FEDRamp authorizations, compared to Microsoft's 150, Oracle's 34, Salesforce's 31, & Google's 27.
It & other tech co's gave $250K to Congress, then won contracts to privatize gov data storage. pic.twitter.com/Sj2FIVzZ1j
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018

They’re part of a new #CloudIndustrialComplex that lobbies legislators in Washington, DC to prioritize cloud storage for sensitive data, resulting in a huge migration of sensitive data to private cloud firms like Amazon, which get multi-million contracts to store the data.
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018

These authorizations mean more & more sensitive personal data lives on @AWSCloud servers; @Amazon now hosts backups of all DHS biometric info—230M unique identities, including 36.5M faces & 2.8M irises.
Much of this data is used to track, hunt, detain, & deport immigrants. pic.twitter.com/VWIoECLoF0
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018.@Amazon also hosts @Palantir’s programs for ICE, designed *specifically* to target, detain & deport immigrants.
Agents collect mass data (school info, finances, addresses, phone #s, etc.), build profiles of immigrants, & use them to find & deport those living in our country.
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018

This surveillance data is dystopian, but also flawed. Agents can pinpoint immigrants’ locations, but they don't always get it right.
This year, ICE killed two parents of six in a car crash after mistakenly surveilling the wrong couple outside their home. https://t.co/jAGx965X5F
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018

And it’s not just happening within U.S. border -- for the first time this report reveals DHS’s biometric data sharing between the Mexico government and the U.S. government.#NoTechForICE pic.twitter.com/HsjZMhMQAp
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018

We need an end to this use of software. There is no reason why any firm should support ICE's mission.
Read the report. Delve into the massive connections between Silicon Valley & Washington, DC.
See how big tech is helping Trump’s deportation machine.
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018

Tech workers: Tell your execs you won’t build tools that enable mass deportation & human rights abuses.
Sign our petition below, & connect with us to find out how you can hold your companies accountable. https://t.co/MGGTECRzSt#NoTechForICE#TechWontBuiltIt
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 23, 2018

tfw @JTLonsdale (far left) waves to protesters calling on him to tell @PalantirTech to cancel its contract with ICE & stop abetting human rights abuses #TechWontBuildIt #DropPalantir pic.twitter.com/CxkxFavblb
— Mijente (@ConMijente) October 4, 2018