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GEO Group gets $1.5 billion contract to keep running Tacoma immigration detention center
The 10-year award drew a single offer and was signed the day after a seven-month, sole-source contract expired.
Oct 29
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Michael Wriston
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White House clears ICE to spend $7 billion on detention, deportations, and hiring in 2027
About three-quarters of it is for detention and deportations, and the rest is for hiring, local police partnerships, and other costs. Another $36.6…
Oct 26
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Michael Wriston
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Mia Barragán
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Customs and Border Protection hires legal contractor for up to $9.2 million after flood of lawsuits against the agency
The no-bid order pays for the review of body camera video and cellphone data in cases challenging CBP’s legal authority. The agency placed it in the…
Oct 20
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Michael Wriston
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Mia Barragán
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ICE plans to extend no-bid Camp East Montana contract to $2.8 billion
ICE calls the El Paso tent camp temporary. The plan would keep Amentum Services there into 2028. Amentum took over in March, after three deaths and…
Oct 19
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Michael Wriston
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Mia Barragán
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DHS letter points to a new ICE enforcement office in Austin suburb
DHS plans fencing, gates, and card readers at a private building in the Austin suburb. The building’s owner registered to do business with the federal…
Oct 16
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Michael Wriston
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Judge dismisses Maryland’s bid for records on Baltimore immigration hold rooms
The ruling says the state’s subpoena cited a civil rights law that applies to private companies but not the federal government. It does not address…
Oct 16
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Michael Wriston
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USCIS seeks contractors to build criminal intelligence unit and informant records system
Contractors would combine immigration and citizenship records with commercial, financial, and social media information and rank criminal leads as the…
Oct 15
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Michael Wriston
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Em Chapin
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Homeland Security eyes no-bid deal for AI-assisted search of billions of communication records
The system would combine live wiretaps, phone location data, email, and financial records. ICE says only one company can build it.
Oct 14
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Michael Wriston
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Mia Barragán
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Follow the Money - September 2026: ICE and CBP End Fiscal Year Investing Billions into Border and Detention Construction Projects
Project Salt Box's monthly report on DHS procurement activities
Oct 13
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Em Chapin
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Michael Wriston
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Mia Barragán
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Proposed AI surveillance system would track what ICE detainees say, who they talk to, and how they behave
A federal request for information describes a single AI-powered system that would also scan camera feeds in immigration detention facilities for…
Oct 9
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Michael Wriston
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Em Chapin
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GSA signs $51 million in San Antonio office leases linked to ICE
The leases come eight months after the agency bought an East Side warehouse to turn into a detention center.
Oct 8
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Michael Wriston
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Mia Barragán
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ICE puts seven warehouses purchased for detention on the market
The properties were among 11 warehouses ICE bought for $1.07 billion to expand detention capacity. Seven are now being marketed for sale at a steep…
Oct 6
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Michael Wriston
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Mia Barragán
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