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Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. federal agency enforcing immigration laws, handling detention, deportation, and cross-border crime investigations via its HSI unit.

Known aliases

  • ICE Homeland Security Investigations

Current stories

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Defense papers show six local cops and eight HSI agents surveilled a Crimethinc tour talk in Chicago

Six local police and eight HSI agents surveilled an April 2 Chicago talk by Minnesota activists, according to defense documents WIRED reviewed. The defense team for 15 activists facing federal felony charges released the four-page report in their case.

Publishers:wired.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence58
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Ramirez moves to terminate the border towers, citing 1,100 deaths in range

The Department of Homeland Security does not track deaths near its surveillance towers or any other measure of whether they work, so the count MIT Technology Review published is the number a Homeland Security Committee member is now quoting.

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption22
Hype gap+24
Incentives68
Confidence62
productOne report1 publisher

Hackers found the key to a Flock camera's video inside the camera

Hackers pulled a Flock camera off a roadway and copied its storage. The key to the encrypted media sat on an unencrypted partition, and the recovered logs show the device detects people and bicycles as well as plates.

Publishers:wired.com

Reality

Evidence64
Adoption76
Hype gap+10
Incentives72
Confidence60
scienceOne report1 publisher

A federal judge froze DHS's four-year visa cap the day before it was to take effect

Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV found that the Department of Homeland Security promulgated the rule in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, so universities keep the current duration-of-status regime while the case is heard. The cap is still on the books.

Publishers:statnews.com

Reality

Evidence66
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+12
Incentives55
Confidence64
investOne report1 publisher

Pushing Boston Dynamics past 2027 adds 1.6 trillion won of losses at last year's rate

Hyundai has ruled out a 2027 listing for Boston Dynamics, whose 528.4 billion won loss last year was about a third of its five-year total, and Meritz Securities now expects a debut in 2029 or 2030.

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption22
Hype gap+55
Incentives72
Confidence48