ICE RENEWS $25M DATA BROKER CONTRACT

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SAT, JUL 18, 2026

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement has renewed a $25 million annual contract with a Thomson Reuters subsidiary to access data broker tools for identifying unaccompanied minors and investigating fraud.

The contract renewal expands ICE's access to commercial data sources under the current administration. Thomson Reuters' subsidiary provides data aggregation services that compile information from public records, financial databases, and other sources. ICE states the tools help identify unaccompanied minors in immigration cases and detect fraudulent applications. The agency has increasingly relied on third-party data brokers to supplement traditional investigative methods. Privacy advocates have raised concerns about ICE's use of commercial data sources, citing potential inaccuracies and the scope of surveillance capabilities. The contract represents one of several data partnerships ICE maintains with private companies. The $25 million annual cost reflects the scale of data access ICE maintains across its operations. Details on specific data types and usage protocols remain limited under the contract terms.

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