The Thiel File/CASE 15/2014–2026

Palantir

Palantir and ICE

Case-management software since 2014, and ImmigrationOS in 2025

An anti-ICE protest in Hartford, Connecticut, February 26, 2026. The photograph documents a protest, not any specific Palantir system or enforcement action.
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RECORD / AT A GLANCE

Contracts documented

The contracts are documented. Whether Palantir is responsible for how ICE uses them is a moral argument, not a factual dispute.

THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY

The chronology.

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Evidence & assessment.

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ImmigrationOS

What the 2025 contract says.

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Who is responsible?

Rights groups, Palantir and Karp.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS FILE

The claims, rated.

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PARTLY TRUE Palantir & surveillance

“Palantir software was used in ICE raids on families.”

Amnesty cited reports that ICE used Palantir tools in 2017 and in the 2019 Mississippi raids; Palantir said its contracts were with the criminal arm, not removals.

Who says it: Amnesty.

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OPEN THE RECORD

Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

  1. WIRED: ICE is paying Palantir $30 million to build ImmigrationOS, 18 April 2025 ↗

    From ICE’s own contract document: near real-time visibility on self-deportation, a prototype by 25 September 2025, an add-on to a 2022 contract.

  2. Business Insider: Palantir and ICE agree $30 million contract, April 2025 ↗

    Gives the exact award, $29.8 million, and that DHS first contracted Palantir for case management in 2014.

  3. Amnesty International USA: Palantir’s ICE contracts raise human-rights concerns, 28 September 2020 ↗

    Advocacy group’s findings.

  4. Palantir: response to Amnesty International, 2020 (PDF) ↗

    The company’s answer, including that it does not work on certain ICE removal functions.

  5. CNBC: Karp says anti-ICE protesters should want more Palantir, 2 February 2026 ↗

    The chief executive’s defense: permissions and audit logs limit misuse.

  6. Palantir documentation: privacy and civil liberties in practice ↗

    Company documentation of access controls and audit features, and what the customer controls.

  7. The Guardian: Palantir beats expectations amid immigration crackdown, 2 February 2026 ↗

    Financial results and the ICE controversy.

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