Highlights
- Sen. Ruben Gallego donated $17,500 in Palantir executive contributions to the Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund.
- Gallego's office says the donations came directly from Palantir's C-suite, including its chief revenue and legal officer.
- Gallego joins Rep. Greg Stanton, who donated $500 in Palantir executive money to Latino advocacy group Maremoto in May.
- The Arizona Community Foundation, which houses the relief fund, declined to confirm or deny the donation.
Sen. Ruben Gallego donated $17,500 his campaign received from executives at surveillance company Palantir to the Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund, the Arizona Mirror reported Monday. Gallego's office confirmed the donation to the Mirror and said he will not accept Palantir contributions going forward.
The contributions came directly from Palantir's C-suite, including its chief revenue and legal officer and the executive responsible for placing Palantir software with government clients. Gallego's office said the decision followed the Trump administration's use of federal contracts to expand ICE operations, citing Palantir's role as what his office called the "tech backbone of ICE."
"Seeing how the Trump Administration uses federal contracts to bolster ICE's illegal operations, Senator Gallego voluntarily donated contributions received from Palantir and its employees to the Arizona Undocumented Workers Relief Fund a few months ago," Gallego's office said in a statement to the Mirror. "He will not accept Palantir (contributions) going forward."
Alejandra Gomez, executive director of Living United for Change in Arizona, called Palantir's influence across government alarming and praised Gallego's move, urging other elected officials to follow. Theo Oshiro, co-executive director of Make the Road States, credited Palantir Payroll, a donation-tracking project, with surfacing the Gallego campaign's divestment and said the move showed a politician choosing people over the company.
Gallego is not the first Arizona official to return Palantir money. In May, Rep. Greg Stanton donated the $500 he received from a Palantir executive to Maremoto, a Latino political advocacy group, according to the Mirror. The Arizona Community Foundation, which houses the relief fund, told the Mirror it could not confirm, deny, or discuss individual donors.
Palantir was founded in part by Peter Thiel. Stephen Miller, a senior Trump adviser, holds stock in the company, as do other members of the Trump administration, the Mirror reported.
Palantir Payroll is continuing to track donations from the company and its employees to elected officials on both sides of the aisle.
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- azmirror.com retrieved 27/07/2026 21:17
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