ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud

美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）将向汤森路透支付 1.25 亿美元以调查“选民欺诈”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to pay data broker giant Thomson Reuters $125 million for access to its databases of personal data — which includes peoples’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, ethnicity, social media posts, and geolocation information — to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigate what it describes as “voters fraud” and immigration fraud, according to procurement documents reviewed by 404 Media.

根据 404 Media 查阅的采购文件显示，美国国土安全部（DHS）计划向数据经纪巨头汤森路透（Thomson Reuters）支付 1.25 亿美元，以获取其个人数据库的访问权限。该数据库包含姓名、地址、社会安全号码、种族、社交媒体帖子及地理位置信息等，旨在协助美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）调查其所谓的“选民欺诈”和移民欺诈行为。

The document says Thomson Reuters is able to let ICE continuously monitor millions of people and entities of interest.

文件指出，汤森路透能够协助 ICE 对数百万名相关人员及实体进行持续监控。

The news comes after President Trump held a conspiracy-laden and unhinged press conference about election security on Thursday, setting the stage for potentially undermining the legitimacy of the upcoming midterm elections. It also follows ICE fatally shooting 2 people in a week.

此前，特朗普总统于周四举行了一场充斥着阴谋论且言辞激进的选举安全新闻发布会，此举可能为削弱即将到来的中期选举的合法性埋下伏笔。此外，就在该消息传出前，ICE 在一周内发生了两起致人死亡的枪击事件。