Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrive to push protesters back as cars enter and leave the Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center on June 12, 2026 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Documents shared exclusively with FedScoop offer insight into the initial contract awarded six years ago that acted as a critical building block in DHS’s current surveillance apparatus.
A demonstrator holds a sign to commemorate Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls outside of the Wisconsin State Capitol on May 5, 2022 in Madison, Wis. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
The agency’s Missing and Murdered Unit will use Clearview AI tools to “rapidly identify and locate missing persons, crime victims, and suspects nationwide,” contracting documents said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, California, on July 27, 2026. The Ventura County Government Center has been the site of tense standoffs and confrontations in recent weeks between ICE agents, local community observers, and protesters. (Photo by Blake Fagan / AFP via Getty Images)
While the system’s deployment timeline is unclear, the Department of Homeland Security unit described the platform as providing a secure access point to large language models.
A security camera is installed as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand guard in front of protesters outside Delaney Hall on May 29, 2026 in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said some of the Trump administration’s arguments were “weak sauce” and the data-sharing “indisputably contravenes” privacy law.
A U.S. Secret Service robot dog manufactured by Boston Dynamics patrols the grounds at President-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on November 18, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
The planned $2 million investment follows increased use of the tech in law enforcement operations, such as to support security operations during the World Cup.
Voters fill out their ballots at a polling place in the Tamarack Nature Center on Aug. 11, 2026, in White Bear Township, Minn. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
The Department of Homeland Security component plans to spend up to $5 million on procuring services to support its “fraud detection” and “data segmentation” efforts.
A look at a Compliant Technologies Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, G.L.O.V.E., at Omaha Police Headquarters in Omaha, Neb. on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via Getty Images)
The Department of Homeland Security unit will spend more than $16.7 million on 6,650 of the “conductive distraction and de-escalation” devices made by Compliant Technologies.
Agents with the Homeland Security Investigations attend a press conference after the sentencing of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada outside of Brooklyn Federal Court on July 20, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
DHS’s inspector general found that the agency spent millions to develop inadequate tools amid a shift toward immigration enforcement and away from drug investigations.
Omaha Police Officer Jason Cvitanov points out the contact pads on the Compliant Technologies G.L.O.V.E. during an interview at Omaha Police Headquarters in Omaha, Neb. on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.
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The Department of Homeland Security component intends to spend up to $20 million on the “conductive distraction and de-escalation” devices made by Compliant Technologies.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents patrol Dulles International Airport as a worker washes windows on March 24, 2026 in Dulles, Virginia. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
With 26 lawmakers backing it, the legislation would prevent the two Department of Homeland Security units from sharing information related to immigration enforcement.
