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That’s what ICE monitors each second on social media – more than 8 billion posts each day in 100 languages, through a contract with Zignal Labs. Its $28.7 billion surveillance budget also covers license plate readers, cell-site simulators, facial recognition, iris scanners, software to crack smartphones and extract encrypted messages, and data integration with Palantir at $30 million per year. DHS reported 238 “use cases” for AI in 2025, up 20% in a year, including 86 in law enforcement and seven in cybersecurity.