1. United States
2. Vt.
3. Letter

ICE funding is creating a surveillance state under which American citizens, We The People are being watched without our consent. A 2022 report by Georgetown Law’s Center for Privacy and Technology found the following: ICE had scanned the driver’s license photos of 1 in 3 adults. ICE had access to the driver’s license data of 3 in 4 adults. ICE was tracking the movements of drivers in cities home to 3 in 4 adults. ICE could locate 3 in 4 adults through their utility records. ​​ICE built its surveillance dragnet by tapping data from private companies and state and local bureaucracies. ICE spent approximately $2.8 billion between 2008 and 2021 on new surveillance, data collection and data-sharing programs. They are using their bloated budget to target people like me and I say no. This must stop. ICE’s budget for 2025 that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending over the last 13 years. Now ICE is monitoring our social media through contracts with Zignal Labs. ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. We are literally being watched by big brother. This must STOP! Please be very loud in alerting we the people of these tactics and use all legislative tools to stop this.