Airlines Are Selling Your Data to ICE

(jacobin.com)

41 points | by jtakkala 2 days ago ago

2 comments

  • dataflow a day ago ago

    > For the ARC, these federal contracts have been lucrative. According to government spending records, the company has received at least $600,000 from federal contracts so far in 2025, and about $700,000 last year.

    That's the lucrative amount they're selling everyone's data for?!

  • refurb a day ago ago

    a spokesperson for the company said that the Travel Intelligence Program “was established after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to provide certain data to law enforcement . . . for the purpose of national security matters” and criminal investigations.

    So it's been around for 25 years?