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Immigration Officers Sweeping Protestors’ Photos, License Plates and Personal Data Into Huge Database

Joe Wilkins

created: Jan. 29, 2026, 6:04 p.m. | updated: Feb. 8, 2026, 5:37 p.m.

Last week, social and news media was abuzz with allegations that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers had access to a shadowy database full of information on protestors. During a confrontation with ICE agents, two legal observers had their faces scanned by a federal officer to include in a vague database. “We have a nice little database, and now you’re considered domestic terrorists,” the ICE agent said at the time. According to the publication’s source, ICE already had a treasure trove of personal details about Pretti before his death on Saturday. As the story goes, info on Pretti’s physical identification was collected following a run-in a week prior to his death, with another gaggle of ICE officers who broke one of his ribs during the encounter.

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