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Palantir Technologies

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January 26, 2026

Overview

Data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel providing ICE with surveillance platforms including ImmigrationOS and FALCON. Recently integrated Medicaid data from 79 million Americans to generate deportation targets with 'confidence scores' on addresses.

Known Connections

  • $30 million ImmigrationOS contract (2025)
  • FALCON surveillance system since 2014
  • Investigative Case Management (ICM) system
  • Access to Medicaid data for 79 million people
  • Integration with PCIS (Person Centric Identity Service)
  • Peter Thiel co-founder, Republican mega-donor
  • Stephen Miller and Kara Frederick own Palantir stock

Evidence

Building ImmigrationOS platform for $30 million to identify deportation targets, track self-deportations, and optimize removal logistics

Source: Axios Denver • View Source →

Tool populates map with deportation targets, creates dossiers on each person, and provides 'confidence score' on current address using Medicaid data

Source: 404 Media • View Source →

ICE agents receive access to personal information of 79 million Medicaid enrollees including ethnicities and addresses

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation • View Source →

Federal contracts nearly doubled to $970.5 million in 2025; received over $900 million since Trump took office

Source: The Washington Post • View Source →

13 former employees signed letter condemning contracts: 'Big Tech, including Palantir, is increasingly complicit, normalizing authoritarianism'

Source: The Hill • View Source →

Systems pull data from passport records, Social Security files, IRS tax data, and license-plate reader data regardless of accuracy

Source: American Immigration Council • View Source →

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surveillance data-mining ai medicaid immigrationos falcon peter-thiel tech