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NPR - Immigration and Customs Enforcement acknowledged in a letter in response to lawmakers' questions that the agency is using spyware tools that can intercept encrypted messages as part of its efforts to disrupt fentanyl trafficking. Acting director Todd Lyons said in the letter, which was reviewed by NPR, that ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations uses various tools as part of its mission to disrupt and dismantle foreign terrorist organizations. His confirmation that the agency is using spyware comes as ICE intensifies its use of surveillance technologies to find people in the U.S. without authorization as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.