A database containing the personal information of more than 4,500 employees of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol (CBP) was allegedly leaked by a whistleblower at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), The Daily Beast confirmed . The leak coincides with a wave of outrage over Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis mother killed on January 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, a case that sparked nationwide protests
The “ICE List” movement, a self-described “accountability” platform, claims to have received the data directly from a DHS employee. According to its founder, Dominick Skinner, the database includes names, work emails, phone numbers, and professional backgrounds of officials, including approximately 1,800 agents deployed in field operations and about 150 supervisors. According to their initial analysis, nearly 80% of the individuals listed still work for the Department.
“The Good shooting was the final straw for many,” said Skinner, who lives in the Netherlands and maintains his website outside of U.S. jurisdiction. He says the partial release of names will begin this week, though exceptions will be made for certain profiles, such as medical or childcare personnel. He also noted that some officers identified by the site resigned after being included on the list, and that their names were subsequently removed.
From the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin strongly condemned the leak and warned that public exposure “puts the lives of agents and their families at risk.” She defended the work of ICE, which she described as “essential to arresting terrorists, murderers, pedophiles, and violent criminals,” and denounced what she called “malicious rhetoric from sanctuary city politicians.”
This is the largest known leak of DHS personnel data and revives internal tensions in a repressive apparatus that, since the Trump era, has faced criticism for human rights violations, mass raids and killings.