A Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) executive replied to a post on social media that called out the defense contractor for a new extended contract with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Here’s what Palantir Global Head of Commercial Ted Mabrey had to say.
What Happened: Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham criticized in a social media post the work being done by Palantir to help the Trump administration in rounding up immigrants.
“It’s a very exciting time in tech right now. If you’re a first-rate programmer, there are a huge number of other places you can go work rather than at the company building the infrastructure of the police state,” Graham tweeted.
Graham shared a post on the ICE contract with Palantir that will build “ImmigrationOS” to expand surveillance and enforcement operations.
Included in the post were highlights of ImmigrationOS providing data on via overstays, self-deportation cases and individuals flagged for removal, including “foreign students flagged for removal for protesting U.S.-Israeli genocide.”
Mabrey said Palantir’s work with the Department of Homeland Security has spanned the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations.
“We are not looking for partisans at Palantir. Our mission spans administrations …Full story available on Benzinga.com
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