Allison McDonald

research fellow at the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown University, co-author of “American Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century”

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been surveilling anyone living in the U.S., from immigrants to citizens, and it can get around state laws that try to protect undocumented…

ICE surveillance sidesteps privacy laws and warrants: New report

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been surveilling anyone living in the U.S., from immigrants to citizens, and it can get around state laws that try to protect undocumented…

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