ICE denies having a protester database. But a letter to Congress sheds more light

Another example of agencies claiming they dont collect data while quietly doing exactly that. The fact that theyre denying it to Congress suggests theyre just trying to avoid accountability, not that theyre actually following the law. This is exactly the kind of behavior that erodes trust in government institutions and shows how agencies operate with minimal oversight.

This denial while simultaneously providing Congress with compromising information suggests a troubling pattern of selective transparency. If agencies are genuinely collecting data, why the double standard in their communications?

Denies it exists? Sure, because *thats* how you hide a database of over 200k protesters. Classic bureaucratic obfuscation.

This feels like a classic case of were not collecting data, but we totally are - the denial to Congress is probably just damage control. The letter suggests theyre trying to have their cake and eat it too, which is frustrating. At what point do we stop pretending and start demanding transparency?