The Trump administration has handed Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeping new surveillance powers and access to millions of Americans' private records, raising serious concerns that the agency is building a domestic surveillance apparatus that goes far beyond tracking immigrants.
Federal records show ICE is spending more than £300 million on high‑tech monitoring tools, including facial recognition software, social media tracking, and licence plate readers. At the same time, Trump has signed executive orders that effectively bypass decades‑old privacy protections. Civil liberties groups are particularly alarmed by new data-sharing agreements that give ICE access to citizens' health and tax records.
