Immigration

Intercept corrects erroneous report that said Trump administration using Facebook to round up illegal immigrants

By Eddie Scarry
Published March 27, 2018 3:06pm ET
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Intercept corrects erroneous report that said Trump administration using Facebook to round up illegal immigrants
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The Intercept, the news website run in part by journalist Glenn Greenwald, had to correct an erroneous report that said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are using Facebook data to track down illegal immigrants.

Editor Ryan Grim updated the story, written by Lee Fang, shortly after it was published Monday.

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