404 Media: Thomson Reuters data fed ICE and Palantir tools

A 404 Media investigation found Thomson Reuters' CLEAR database supplied personal data to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tools. Documents and sources show CLEAR data fed ELITE, ICE's neighborhood targeting system, and was integrated into systems Palantir built for the agency. Thomson Reuters operates both as a global news organization and a commercial data broker, and CLEAR aggregates public and proprietary identity and location records. This matters because a major media-linked company is directly enabling government surveillance and enforcement, raising urgent privacy and accountability concerns.