alt Hacker News> Don’t give Palantir the bad-boy street cred they crave, focus on the policy decisions that are leading to agencies wanting tools like this in the first place.
Had other policies decisions not led about 12 to 20 million illegals in the US in the first place, there'd be less need for ICE. The complete open borders policies signed by Biden's autopen and the millions who came during these four years comes to mind.
I'll also remind everyone that it's estimated that under Obama 3.1 million illegals were deported.
The question is simple: is the US open to anyone without needing a visa?
And if it's not: how do you deal with tens of millions of illegals?
(I'm not saying Palantir ain't evil: I'm saying ICE does its job)
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a person cannot "be illegal". they can perform acts which are illegal, sure, but to call them "illegals" is just dehumanizing rhetoric that adds absolutely nothing to the discussion.
Does US have such a lack of space to fail to absorb 2-5% increase over years?
What's so hard about naturalizing or legalizing them, so that they can more easily interact with current power structures on the territory?
Capital city in the country where I live got a 25% population bump over a few months a few years back, of people who didn't even speak the language. Barely anything appretiably negative overall happened.
If you ever drove over the speed limit can you be called "an illegal?"