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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

1/28/2026, 12:50:06 PM

Public

ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants

Link: https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s168
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46794365

ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants

US immigration agents are using an app developed by Palantir that draws on the health records of millions of Americans to find and detain illegal immigrants. The revelation comes as the US’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comes under increased scrutiny after the shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37 year old intensive care nurse, by ICE agents in Minneapolis over the weekend. It has now emerged that data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being fed—along with other commercial and public datasets—into an analytics app developed by Palantir, according to an investigation by news outlet 404 Media.1 Testimony from an ICE official and internal documents obtained by 404 show the app, Enhanced Leads Identification and Targeting for Enforcement (Elite), maps areas to help agents decide where to conduct detention raids. The tool was reportedly used in recent operations, including a raid in Oregon in October in which 30 people were arrested. According to the 404 investigation, Elite pulls names, addresses, and photos from health records. It reportedly works like Google Maps, showing ICE agents which areas have higher densities of …

www.bmj.com · The BMJ

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