Data broker LexisNexis is coming under pressure to sever ties with ICE following reports that the agency was using the database to track illegal immigrants.
The search queries included individual data such as"businesses, phones, email accounts, vehicles, [and] jails." Just Futures Law said that due to the extent of the queries,"the total number of people queried by ICE could be in the millions.", according to ICE data. Fox News Digital reached out to ICE but did not hear back in time for publication.
Just Futures Law stated that the use of LexisNexis in such a capacity contradicts ICE's statement of using the data broker site"strictly… for identifying individuals with serious criminal backgrounds.""Unfortunately, we're seeing a continuation of harmful surveillance practices under this administration.
"I'm hoping that the Biden administration and other legislative supporters can look at these issues, think about the long-term implications, and act now to really push back on the sort of continued expansion. And really I think an expansion that doesn't often get a lot of criticism from either Democrats or Republicans," McCoy told Fox News Digital.
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