HHS is paying Peter Thiel's Palantir $24.9 million to track coronavirus. Lawmakers want to know if it's using that data to help ICE deport people.

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HHS is paying Peter Thiel's Palantir $24.9 million to track coronavirus. Lawmakers want to know if it's using that data to help ICE deport people.

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Published 26 Jun 2020

· Fifteen Latino lawmakers are demanding answers about the Department of Health and Human Services' $24.9 million coronavirus contract with Palantir, a company that has contracts with ICE.
· Palantir is a data-mining firm founded by Trump megadonor Peter Thiel. It makes software that aggregates information on millions of...

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HHS is paying Peter Thiel's Palantir $24.9 million to track coronavirus. Lawmakers want to know if it's using that data to help ICE deport people.

HHS is paying Peter Thiel's Palantir $24.9 million to track coronavirus. Lawmakers want to know if it's using that data to help ICE deport people.

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