Immigration and Customs Enforcement has signed a slew of contracts for surveillance software in recent weeks, including facial recognition and remote hacking technology that could be used against American citizens.

The agency, which reported $1.4 billion in contract obligations in September, had previously wielded an advanced technological arm, signing technology contracts that were designed explicitly for the purpose of immigration enforcement.

But after Donald Trump’s executive order designating Antifa a domestic terrorist organization, new surveillance purchased by ICE could now be wielded against the general population.

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    “Reportedly!?” Like there’s a chance they bought it for funsies?

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      27 天前

      “I just plan to play around with it in the yard”

      Edit: literally me when I bought throwing knives and a target board.

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    Worst timeline moment: that article refuses to display, because I’m running an adblocker to stop Admiral tracking me and selling my data to exactly those kind of sinister agencies

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    Fun fact. Hitler exterminated the opposition (Antifa) before the Jews