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Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass, Guest Author | January 6, 2026

The Homeland Security Spending Trail: How to Follow the Money Through U.S. Government Databases

The U.S. government publishes volumes of detailed data on the money it spends, but searching through it and finding information can be challenging. This guide covers the key databases that store information on federal spending and contracts, government solicitations for products and services, and the government's "online shopping superstore," plus...
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Deeplinks Blog by Dave Maass | November 26, 2025

Rights Organizations Demand Halt to Mobile Fortify, ICE's Handheld Face Recognition Program

A coalition of privacy, civil liberties and civil rights organizations are demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down the use of Mobile Fortify, release the agency's privacy analyses of the app, and clarify the agency's policy on face recognition.
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Deeplinks Blog by Saira Hussain | December 18, 2019

California DOJ Cuts Off ICE Deportation Officers from State Law Enforcement Database

Marking a big win for privacy and immigrant rights, the California Department of Justice (CADOJ) has cut off deportation agents from access to the state’s law enforcement network. Earlier this year, the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was required to sign an...

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Deeplinks Blog by Matthew Guariglia | June 25, 2019

EFF to the California DOJ: Enforce the Prohibition on Assisting Immigration Enforcement

Update June 28, 2019: Albeit months late, the ICE division in Orange County has now submitted its misuse disclosure. Like every other DHS component, it reported it did not open a single misuse investigation in 2018. In response to the looming threat of mass deportations, EFF has sent a...

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Deeplinks Blog by Aleksander "Sasha" Danielyan | November 16, 2017

EFF Urges DHS to Abandon Social Media Surveillance and Automated “Extreme Vetting” of Immigrants

EFF is urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to end its programs of social media surveillance and automated “extreme vetting” of immigrants. Together, these programs have created a privacy-invading integrated system to harvest, preserve, and data-mine immigrants' social media information, including use of algorithms that sift through posts using...

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