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Re:Palantir forced out of job fair after outcry over ICE con... by AlexTWithBeard on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @11:40AM (#20810786)
Yes, there is evidence, right on the ICE website: https://www.ice.gov/features/ERO-2018
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Re:Palantir forced out of job fair after outcry over ICE con... by spamizbad on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @11:45AM (#20810861)
A sweep targeting thousands of people nation-wide resulted in only 35 arrests: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-07-23/ice-ra...

The number on ICE's website are computed based on an Obama-era change where they can count turning away people at the border as a deportation.

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Re:Palantir forced out of job fair after outcry over ICE con... by AlexTWithBeard on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @02:38PM (#20813059)
Did I get it right that you're complaining about ICE not making enough arrests?
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Re:Palantir forced out of job fair after outcry over ICE con... by spamizbad on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @03:28PM (#20813538)
I'm saying it's a bloated government organ that spends billions of tax-payer dollars to perform what amounts to security theater. You could cut it down to 1/10th the size and pass the savings on to tax payers (or allocate somewhere more effective) and get better outcomes.

Even if you support their mission There's really nothing defensible ICE. They're sucking down billions while being bad at what they do.

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