Public records obtained by Mother Jones indicate that Homeland Security Investigators recorded license plate numbers, took photographs and collected other data on people who participated in anti‑ICE protests in Spokane, Washington, during 2025 and uploaded the information to Evidence.com. The Department of Homeland Security has said it does not maintain a domestic‑terrorism database of U.S. citizens but has indicated that individuals who engage in what it deems unlawful conduct may be investigated. A July 2025 report filed by Stacey Carr, a Spokane Police detective assigned to an HSI ICAC task force, describes several incidents in which officers collected vehicle, license plate and social media information from protesters and other bystanders. On May 22, 2025, Carr observed an older man photographing a bus believed to belong to Willie Nelson’s touring party; she later noted that she regularly works undercover and sought to identify the man through social media. In June 2025, Carr recorded a silver Jeep Gladiator that entered a public parking lot across from the ICE field office, photographed its license plate, and uploaded the image to Evidence.com, a cloud‑based evidence management system owned by Axon Enterprise. HSI analyst Ryan Lid was also reported to have recorded license plates from protesters on June 11. A 2025 Mother Jones investigation found that at least 21 police departments used Axon software to generate AI‑driven reports from body camera footage, and CNBC reported that former President Trump purchased between $1 million and $5 million worth of Axon stock shortly before ICE sought a $220 million Taser contract. Civil liberties groups have filed Freedom of Information Act requests and a First Amendment lawsuit alleging that DHS maintains a secret protest surveillance policy that enables agents to collect and retain records of lawful protest activity. The report raises questions about whether a centralized database is necessary for such surveillance and about the potential chilling effect on First Amendment rights.