ICE Backs Off Exclusive Voter Fraud Contract With Thomson Reuters After Outcry
Critics warned that ICE could use Thomson Reuters Special Services access to its CLEAR database to target immigrants and to support voter-fraud verification involving noncitizens. ICE had planned to pay $125 million but has pulled back its exclusive deal amid election-official concerns about the data use and figures, though Reuters could still win the tender. About 200 employees demanded severing ties.