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ICE Raids Clearing The Path For MASS SURVEILLANCE!

2025-10-15 News & Politics
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ICE's New Surveillance Tools and Precedent for Mass Monitoring

Discover how ICE is acquiring deep location and social media tracking capabilities, and why critics argue this expands a surveillance state mechanism initiated long before the current administration.

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  • ICE is purchasing sophisticated surveillance software (PenLink products) accessing location data for hundreds of millions of phones.
  • The tools integrate social media data, captured faces, and location history to build detailed "day in the life" profiles.
  • Critics contend these expanded powers, welcomed by Trump, are merely perpetuating surveillance infrastructure built under previous Democratic and Republican administrations (Bush, Obama, Biden).
  • Understanding this context is vital because expanding surveillance for one group removes limits for everyone.

This content examines recent reports regarding ICE's acquisition of advanced surveillance technology linked to an Israeli company, PenLink. The discussion centers on the implications for mass monitoring, the consistency of these practices across political administrations, and the erosion of due process protections that accompanies such powerful data aggregation.

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Reports have surfaced indicating that ICE is expanding its surveillance capabilities by purchasing access to phone location and social media data, reportedly through software linked to an Israeli company called PenLink. Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger criticize the move as an escalation of the post-9/11 surveillance state, arguing that both Republican and Democratic administrations—beginning with George W. Bush and continuing through Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump—have supported similar policies. They contend that Trump, despite MAGA’s stated opposition to government overreach, is perpetuating the same mass surveillance framework under the guise of immigration enforcement. Kurt Metzger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kurtmetzger Kurt’s website: http://www.KurtMetzgerComedy.com Become a Premium Member: https://www.jimmydore.com/premium-membership Go to a Live Show: https://www.jimmydore.com/tour Subscribe to Our Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/jimmydorecomedy/ytlivestreams LIVESTREAM & LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENTS: Email: https://mailchi.mp/jimmydorecomedy/ytlivestreams Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmy_dore Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JimmyDoreShow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejimmydoreshow WATCH / LISTEN FREE: Videos: https://www.jimmydore.com Podcasts: https://www.jimmydore.com (Also available on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or your favorite podcast player.) ACCESS TO FULL REPLAYABLE LIVESTREAMS: Become a Premium Member: https://www.jimmydore.com/premium-membership SUPPORT THE JIMMY DORE SHOW: Make a Donation: https://www.jimmydore.com/ Buy Official Merch (Tees, Sweatshirts, Hats, Bags): https://thejimmydoreshow.dashery.com/ https://dobynsfamilycreations.com/collections/the-jimmy-dore-show-store DOWNLOAD OUR MOBILE APP: App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jimmy-dore/id839294547 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jimmydore.jimmydore Jimmy Dore on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jimmy_Dore Stef Zamorano on Twitter: https://twitter.com/miserablelib About The Jimmy Dore Show: #TheJimmyDoreShow is a hilarious and irreverent take on news, politics and culture featuring Jimmy Dore, a professional stand up comedian, author and podcaster. The show is also broadcast on Pacifica Radio Network stations throughout the country.

Top Comments (10)

@MysticWerwolf 2025-10-15

As if the "Patriot Act" after 911 wasn't already a path for mass surveillance...

384 27 replies
@youngfrankmcclintock 2025-10-15

All the surveillance and can't find 300000 missing kids

338 35 replies
@iTeerRex 2025-10-15

“Invent a problem, sell a solution.” ~ British proverb. Stop buying their bs.

265 16 replies
@StarBadger07 2025-10-15

We already have mass surveillance.

196 20 replies
@TheMightyZim 2025-10-15

Obama told Jay Leno we weren’t being spied on. Then he made Snowden a criminal for exposing his lies. Are you new here?

93 7 replies
@Nunya_Bidness_53 2025-10-15

There's always a threat to justify removing rights and liberties "for your safety".

85 6 replies
@malcolmnicoll1165 2025-10-15

“You may live to see man made horrors beyond your comprehension.” -Nikola Tesla

60 3 replies
@K0RP53 2025-10-15

If you think they didn't already do all this for many years, you haven't been paying attention.

41 6 replies
@anthonyjwhelan 2025-10-15

Controlled demolition of buildings, controlled demolition of your civil rights.

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@casperdog100 2025-10-16

Here comes the new boss,same as the old boss!!

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