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Karl Loftus

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
6
Latest publication
Sep 3, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Intercept
Top 500K sites
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Karl Loftus

    ICE Gave New Hires Access to Restricted Info on Palantir App Before They Passed Background Checks (opens the original)

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    During the height of President Donald Trump’s winter immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, a new AI-driven “alien” targeting app appeared on the phones of U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement deportation officers. Created by tech giant Palantir, a CIA-backed firm known for data mining and using artificial intelligence for everything from warfighting to “predictive policing,” the ELITE app helps ICE target immigrants and issues a “confidence score” for how accurate the information on

  2. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Karl Loftus

    ICE Is Paying a Controversial AI Firm to Hide the Identities of Agents (opens the original)

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    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is launching a new “Doxing Mitigation Initiative” using AI to help ICE personnel keep their identities hidden from the public, according to an email addressed to all agency employees on Monday. The memo, signed by Acting ICE Director David Venturella and leaked to The Intercept by ICE employees, identifies a company called ZeroFox as the tech firm behind the initiative. The communication describes ZeroFox as “a modernized protective technology solution de

  3. Article · Jul 25, 2026 · Karl Loftus

    Leaked Email Reveals New Requirements for ICE Vehicle Stops (opens the original)

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    Less than two weeks ago, following a pair of fatal shootings by immigration officers in Texas and Maine, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered a halt to vehicle stops nationwide. The directive was initially passed down through ICE field offices on the evening of July 13 — just hours after the Maine shooting — followed by an official agencywide memo that made the rounds the next morning. Then, on July 15, President Donald Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social and directe

  4. Article · Jul 21, 2026 · Karl Loftus

    ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest (opens the original)

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    Updates to ICE’s code of conduct ban deportation officers from wearing jeans, hoodies, and graphic tees, according to a leaked document. The post ICE Mandates Dress Code After Killings and Botched Arrest appeared first on The Intercept.

  5. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Karl Loftus

    ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On. (opens the original)

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    ICE officers were wearing body cameras they can’t turn on, four sources said. The Trump administration said there was no footage. The post ICE Officers at Maine Shooting Scene Were Wearing Body Cameras. They Were Not Turned On. appeared first on The Intercept.

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