- The Palant Software Company obtains a contract of almost $ 30 million with ICE
- The company will help the agency find physical locations and follow logistics
- Palantant has been working with ICE since 2014 and has several military partnerships
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded a $ 29.9 million contract to the Palant Software Company to create a software system to quickly apply the expulsion objectives of the Trump administration, 404 media reports.
The disclosed messages show that the role of Palantant includes the search for “the physical location of people who are marked for expulsion” and “producing tracks for the application of laws to find people to expel and follow the logistics of the mass expulsion effort of Trump”.
No other offer was heard by the Department, because Palantant is the only seller able to deliver the system during such a rapid turnaround (September 25), supports the department.
Hanging expected
The president of Palant, Peter Thiel, was a first donor in Trump, and the company already has several defense contracts and has been working in partnership with Ice since 2014.
The software company also works in partnership with the American and Israeli soldiers, and has taken over the Maven Contract of the Pentagon contract – using automatic learning for drones and unmanned weapons systems – after Google has decided not to continue the development following the petitions and resignations of the staff.
The refusal of Trump’s regular procedure to the deportees, the expulsion of legal residents and the escape of judicial orders have aroused serious reactions, the organizations of defense of civil rights calling on technological companies to end their relations with the administration and the police.
This awarded has led Ted Mabrey, the world advertising chief of Palantir to write on Twitter that new technological workers joining the Palantant contract to “expect time attacks like this all the time; On all sides of the political aisle “, adding this,” the only way to counter these brutières is not to discuss but to build “.
Techradar Pro has contacted both Palant and Ice to have an overview of the protections for legal residents and law -respecting citizens, but we have not yet received an answer.
