Thomson Reuters fired a 20-year employee after she asked how the company’s data tools were being used by ICE to track immigrants. Now, Billie Little is suing, claiming her termination violated Oregon’s whistleblower protections. According to NPR, Little, who worked in legal publishing, was part of a group of employees that sent a letter to management in February 2026.
The letter raised concerns that ICE might be using Thomson Reuters products unlawfully, particularly its CLEAR platform, which aggregates billions of data points including license plate information and social media activity. The company has contracts worth tens of millions of dollars with ICE, including a nearly $5 million deal from May 2025 for license plate reader data.
