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Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti (www.wired.com)
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“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260127142032/https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-ice-dhs-alex-pretti-killing-workers-slack-minneapolis/

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 4 points 4 months ago

“Can Palantir put any pressure on ICE at all?” wrote another. “I’ve read stories of folks rounded up who were seeking asylum with no order to leave the country, no criminal record, and consistently check in with authorities. Literally no reason to be rounded up. Surely we aren’t helping do that?”

“Are we the baddies?”