Report identifies Border Patrol teams using financial-data analysis for traffic-stop targeting

404 Media reported that U.S. Border Patrol units called Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams analyze Americans' financial activity and other data, then pass intelligence to local police. The report identified teams in the Spokane and Laredo sectors and cited a DHS document in which an agent described reviewing financial patterns associated with narcotics activity before sharing information with a Montana Highway Patrol sergeant. CBP said it uses intelligence-informed analysis consistent with law, policy, privacy protections and oversight requirements, but declined to discuss methods, data sources, criteria or deployment details.