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New Report Reveals How DHS & Corporations Fuel Surveillance (Join us at 1 ET to learn more)
Today, the Surveillance, Tech, & Immigration Policing Project at IDP released its latest report, DHS Open for Business: How Tech Corporations Bring the War on Terror to Our Neighborhoods, co-written by the Action Center on Race & the Economy, Little Sis, and MediaJustice. Twenty years after the founding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), our research shows how the federal government fueled a massive influx of money into surveillance and policing in our cities, under a banner of emergency response and counterterrorism—and with the support of its corporate partners like Microsoft, LexisNexis, ShotSpotter, Palantir, and Motorola Solutions.
We reveal how DHS counterterrorism grants to local and state agencies—like the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)—boost the budgets of local policing, fusion centers, and the mass surveillance systems that target immigrant, Muslim, Black, brown, Asian, and Indigenous communities.
Join us today (12/6) at 1 pm ET for a Twitter space to discuss the report along with ACRE, Little Sis, MediaJustice, and Muslim Justice League!
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Fighting Back Against Commercial Surveillance & Data Brokers
On November 21, STIP submitted two joint comments to the Federal Trade Commission, calling on the agency to limit commercial surveillance practices that harm immigrant communities. Along with Mijente, Just Futures Law, UCLA’s Center on Race and Digital Justice, and MediaJustice, we called on the FTC to protect consumers from data brokers and other companies which collect, analyze, and sell our intimate data, especially to police and ICE. Data brokers are the backbone of the government surveillance programs that target immigrant communities and fuel DHS’ deportation machine. Our comment with NYU’s Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law urges the FTC to address the harms of algorithmic discrimination and AI, which exacerbate inequality and amplifies the harms of the criminal legal system, immigration system, and housing industry.Â
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About the Surveillance, Technology & Immigration Project
Housed at IDP, the Surveillance, Technology & Immigration Project (STIP) challenges the growing surveillance state by focusing on policing and migrant control, and tackles the rapidly expanding role of technology corporations in undermining local governance. STIP supports organizing to build collective public knowledge and political infrastructure to end state violence and to grow a just digital future. To learn more, click here.
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ICE Out! NYC Launches Campaign to Stop Collusion with ICE
On November 14th, IDP hosted a virtual launch of ICE Out! NYC, a new campaign designed to stop the City from funneling people into ICE custody and removal proceedings. The launch coincided with the 8 year anniversary of the passage of a set of detainers laws in 2014. Despite that victory, the City continues to funnel people into ICE custody. ICE Out! NYC will focus on passing three key bills that will stop collusion with ICE and protect all immigrant New Yorkers. To download our multilingual fact sheets, click here.
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New Resource: Challenging Divisibility Across 5 Circuits
On November 16th, IDP released a new resource to help attorneys make aggressive arguments related to indivisibility. With the categorical approach under increasing attack, this timely resource provides an overview of the concept of divisibility, litigation tips, and a comprehensive case law survey covering 5 circuits. The complete resource includes:
- FAQ: why divisibility matters
- Primary Document: overview of divisibility, primer on related criminal law concepts, and litigation strategies
- Case Law Survey: covers the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 9th and 11th circuits
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