WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
Following pressure from U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA), the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Inspector General has launched an audit of DHS data practices, including those used by ICE, in response to serious concerns about potential data privacy abuses and the misuse of sensitive personal information. In a letter (https://www.kaine.senate.gov/download/20260129-letter-to-dhs) to the senators, Inspector General Joseph Cuffari confirmed that his office has initiated an audit to assess how DHS components collect, store, use, and share sensitive personal data, and whether those activities comply with the law.
Warner and Kaine previously rais...