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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti

Makena Kelly

created: Jan. 26, 2026, 10:09 p.m. | updated: Jan. 29, 2026, 11:56 a.m.

After federal agents shot and killed Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, Palantir workers pressed for answers from leadership on the company’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—and many questioned whether Palantir should be involved with the agency at all. “Can Palantir put any pressure on ICE at all?” wrote another. Are you a current or former Palantir or government worker who wants to talk about immigration enforcement? “There have been increasing, and increasingly visible, field operations focused on interior immigration enforcement that continue to attract attention to Palantir’s involvement with ICE,” the wiki says. “We believe that our work could have a real and positive impact on ICE enforcement operations by providing officers and agents with the data to make more precise, informed decisions.

1 week ago: WIRED