Stormont backed CIA-linked firm's software used by Donald Trump’s ICE

Stormont, through Invest NI, is funding a CIA-linked firm whose secretive and powerful tech is being used by Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown force - ICE Software developed in Belfast by Nisos, a company founded by former intelligence operatives, is now being used by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

A former Nisos employee says few people understand the significance of what’s involved, but “it’s like handing a toddler a loaded gun”.

Invest NI, is an agency under Sinn Féin Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald’s department – she ordered officials to look into the funding.

The Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor Sam McBride joins Ciarán Dunbar.