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Surveillance Fears Rise as BI² Wins $10M ICE Contract

9/26/2025

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BI² Technologies' iris-scanning system is used in U.S. deportation under a $10 million ICE contract.
Ballard Partners helped BI² win the contract and earned $34 million in lobbying in the first half of 2025.
Critics warn that expanded surveillance could enable authoritarian control, noting Ballard's other clients, such as SNA International, also received no-bid ICE contracts.

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Story summary

BI² Technologies' iris-scanning system is used in U.S. deportation under a $10 million ICE contract.
Ballard Partners helped BI² win the contract and earned $34 million in lobbying in the first half of 2025.
Critics warn that expanded surveillance could enable authoritarian control, noting Ballard's other clients, such as SNA International, also received no-bid ICE contracts.