U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has finalized a contract with Clearview AI for facial recognition technology, valued at up to $9.2 million. According to procurement records, the explicit purpose is to support Homeland Security Investigations in identifying individuals who have allegedly assaulted law enforcement officers, as well as victims and perpetrators in child exploitation cases. This justification is presented as unusual and concerning, given historical instances where official accounts of such assaults were later proven to be misrepresented or where officers themselves used excessive force against protesters. The purchase is framed within the context of aggressive, Trump-era deportation policies, suggesting the surveillance tool could be used to target individuals who clash with ICE agents during enforcement actions, raising significant privacy and due process alarms.