How Data Fuels Deportations
Channel: NLG Berkeley Law
Date: 2020-09-30

This panel explores the connection between Big Data, including the two corporations that sell Westlaw and LexisNexis, and ICE and law enforcement. The tech industry is realizing ever greater profits in police surveillance, and therefore it is an expanding front in the fight for migrant justice. This event took place on September 30, 2020 at Berkeley Law and was sponsored by Berkeley Law Students Against ICE, National Lawyers Guild at Berkeley Law, La Raza Law Students Association, and the Berkeley Immigration Group.

Panelists:
Jacinta González, Senior Campaign Organizer with Mijente
Sarah Lamdan, Professor at CUNY Law and author of "When Westlaw Fuels ICE Surveillance"
Mizue Aizeki, Deputy Director of the Immigrant Defense Project

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Panel Resources:
https://notechforice.com/
https://notechforice.com/lawletter/
https://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/PDFs/community/2018_23Oct_whos-behind-ice.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/magazine/ice-surveillance-deportation.html