ICE investigates voter fraud using Palantir-supported tools
Documents obtained by Democracy Forward reveal that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are using a Palantir-supported tool to investigate potential voter fraud.
New federal investigation methods
A tranche of documents released this week shows Homeland Security officials examining whether they could use a specific software tool. This system is designed to identify individuals believed to have voted illegally based on existing data sources. The Innovation Lab within ICE is currently developing these capabilities for agents in the field.
Focus on nonprofit groups
The released records indicate that DHS has investigated more than 150 nonprofit organizations regarding voter registration activities. Homeland Security Investigations serves as the central component leading these federal efforts to uncover alleged fraud. Officials are processing data from voting rolls and US Citizenship and Immigration Services alongside criminal histories.
Role of technology labs
HSI is spearheading the effort to build a system that determines how to find people for investigation. Chinmayi Sharma notes that the tool builds off existing infrastructure and data sources already available to the government. The development focuses on integrating DOJ voting rolls with immigration service records to support agent work.
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