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Tag Archives: Homeland Security
ICE triples its orders to the private firms hunting immigrants
The first skip tracing orders, placed in December of last year, ran through May 14. Yesterday’s orders are each almost exactly three times the size. Constellation was ordered $767,468.75 in work the first time and $2,302,406.25 this week. Enprovera, the smallest firm, went from $34,552 to $103,656. Continue reading
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CBP Formally Hires Contractors to Collect Fines From People It Has Deported
The $36 million effort, spread across four companies, relies on firms already working to locate immigrants for the government’s deportation surge. Continue reading
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ICE Awards GardaWorld $17.3 Million to Convert San Antonio Warehouse Into a Service Processing Center
Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded GardaWorld Federal Services $17.3 million on Thursday to renovate an agency-owned building in San Antonio into an immigration processing and detention facility, using the Navy contracting program the Department of Homeland Security said in June it had stopped using for detention work. The award record was posted to SAM.gov, the federal contracting database. Continue reading
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Oklahoma Voice: Military contractor aircraft surveil Arizona’s southern border for undisclosed mission
Military contractor aircraft equipped with high-end surveillance gear has been flying along the United States southern border above Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for months. The Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security won’t elaborate on what the aircraft are doing. Continue reading
State health department asks judge to force GEO Group to allow a TB investigation while lawsuit moves ahead
Colorado took another legal step Thursday in its lawsuit against the GEO Group for the company’s failure to comply with a state public health order over a case of tuberculosis at its Aurora immigrant detention facility, confirmed in June. Continue reading
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts
Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Trump’s Private Hacker Memo Is the Right Idea
The U.S. government’s plan to enlist private-sector hackers to target cybercriminals is controversial, but it addresses a real problem and is surprisingly measured. Continue reading
Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics
Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech. Continue reading
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Union Sues TSA Over Secret Plan to Privatize Security
The American Federation of Government Employees says the Trump administration hid its plan to turn airport security over to private companies like Palantir. Continue reading
ICE to Reopen Private Prison as Massive North Carolina Detention Center
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be reopening a for-profit prison in Winton, North Carolina, as one of the largest immigrant detention facilities on the East Coast, according to reports from the New York Times. Continue reading