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The Washington Post: ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants and antifa
October 17, 2025
Maria Villegas Bravo, Electronic Privacy Information Center counsel, said ICE’s use of Paragon spyware raised questions of whether it infringed on the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search and seizure, as well as the First Amendment’s protection of free speech and the rights to assembly and petition.
“We don’t know if law enforcement or ICE are getting search warrants to deploy this spyware,” she said. “It’s also a First Amendment issue because your phone contains all your communications, all your expressions … it has your contact lists, it has your social media. Any political organizing people do, it’s typically on social media now, or over the phone.”
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