by Nicole M. Bennett | Nov 15, 2025 | AI, Artificial Intelligence, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), ICE, immigration, News Analysis, Palantir, self-censorship, Social Media, Surveillance, US Customs and Border Protection
When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published a request for information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock social media monitoring program. The request states that private contractors will be paid to…
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by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg | Nov 7, 2025 | CBP, Deportations, DHS, Donald Trump, ICE, immigration, News, Trump Administration, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it’s received more than 35,000 applications for the position of “Homeland Defender” since it began its hiring campaign in September. “USCIS is cutting bureaucratic red tape to hire fiercely dedicated, America-first patriots to serve on the front lines and hold the line against terrorists, criminal aliens, and bad actors intent on…
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by Amy Goodman | Nov 6, 2025 | CBP, Chicago, ICE, Illinois, Interview, Trump Administration
Amid federal immigration raids in the Chicagoland area, the mayor of one Chicago suburb is on the frontlines of the anti-ICE protest movement. Mayor Daniel Biss says what he has seen of federal immigration raids in Evanston, Illinois, amounts to an “invasion from our own federal government.” His office is now launching investigations into reports of federal agents brutalizing and threatening…
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