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Open a credit card, and ICE learns where you live

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A story from Boing Boing reveals that opening a credit card sends your home address through data brokers straight to Immigration and Customs Enforcement — which can search it without a warrant. The report exposes a significant gap in how personal financial data reaches federal authorities.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2026/07/23/credit-header-data-ice.html

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