Palantir integrates federal agency databases for ICE immigration enforcement under Trump expansion

Palantir Technologies deploys its Foundry platform for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, combining records from multiple federal agencies — including SSA, IRS, DMV, healthcare, and criminal justice databases — to build comprehensive profiles on immigration enforcement targets and their family networks. The system allows ICE agents to query the combined data without individual agency authorizations. Privacy Act restrictions would normally bar inter-agency data sharing without consent, but Palantir's architecture routes queries through a single contractor interface. Civil liberties groups warn the integration creates the most comprehensive domestic surveillance infrastructure the government has deployed through a private company. Palantir reports $3.9 billion in annual revenue, with government surveillance contracts as a primary growth driver.