Open a credit card, and ICE learns where you live

Jul 23, 2026

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credit header data — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement / Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)

When you open a credit card, you probably expect your home address expecting it to stay with your bank. According to 404 Media, it doesn’t — the address travels through a chain of data brokers and ends up with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which can s…

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