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Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by tombert on Sunday January 25, 2026 @04:30PM (#46758485)
Without going into a long tangent talking about each point, I would like to point out that ICE doesn't actually seem terribly concerned with whether or not the people are illegal aliens or criminals. The last two people they murdered were US citizens, there are many US citizens, some natural born, that have been detained.

If they have access to all this information that was volunteered, then why are they so utterly incompetent at actually deporting illegal aliens?

That said, the disturbing part of Palantir and ICE isn't just that they are reading my driver's license or my legal status, it's the fact that they know everything.

You are absolutely, unequivocally incorrect that anyone in any significant numbers wants "open borders". I know this is a meme, but it's a meme that isn't true.

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Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by abustamam on Sunday January 25, 2026 @04:53PM (#46758753)
To add onto that, Palantir is a private company. They have no business having that much of my data without my consent, with no way to opt out.
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Re:ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data by Loughla on Sunday January 25, 2026 @05:17PM (#46759051)
Yeah I don't give a shit about the illegal immigrant situation. I don't want that agency to have all of my information for no reason at all. There's is no world in which that is appropriate, regardless of your views on immigration.
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