ICE has been given the green light to spy on us! The purchase of a $2 million contract for Graphite spyware from Paragon Solutions will allow ICE to infiltrate any mobile phone and encrypted applications like WhatsApp and Signal. This is a direct threat to our civil liberties and privacy. Congress must exercise its oversight authority to prevent this Orwellian expansion of government surveillance. The potential for misuse far outweighs any purported benefits. By allowing ICE to deploy Graphite, we risk creating a surveillance state where no citizen’s private communications are truly secure. I implore you to act swiftly to block this contract, protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and demand a full congressional investigation into ICE’s surveillance practices. The integrity of our democracy and the fundamental right to privacy hang in the balance. Do not let the United States take another step towards becoming a Big Brother state.