Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Trump Donors Are Now Reaping Billions in ICE Contracts

Since returning to the White House in 2025, President Donald Trump has ramped up immigration detention, with private contractors operating much of the required infrastructure -- and reaping hundreds of millions of dollars in Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts after making significant contributions to the president's political operations.

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The Dilley family detention center is run by CoreCivic, a major Trump donor who has raked in millions from federal contracts already. Never forget who is profiting from this cruelty.

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-- Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) Feb 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM

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... Since returning to the White House in 2025, President Donald Trump has ramped up immigration detention, with private contractors operating much of the required infrastructure " and reaping hundreds of millions of dollars in Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts after making significant contributions to the president's political operations.

Federal contracting data shows that a small group of private prison operators, charter airlines and security contractors dominated ICE's largest contracts in 2025. Two private prison companies, the GEO Group and CoreCivic received $2.1 billion and $653.5 million in total obligations, respectively, while charter aviation companies including CSI Aviation ($1.1 billion) and Classic Air Charter ($800.2 million) also secured major contracts. Transportation contractor MVM Inc., which moves unaccompanied migrant children and families to detention facilities, received $1.1 billion.

Several of those companies and their executives have contributed to committees affiliated with Trump, according to Federal Election Commission and OpenSecrets data.

- - - The GEO Group PAC, the company's employee-funded political action committee, contributed $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC, Make America Great Again Inc., in 2024.

- - - GEO Group and CoreCivic each donated $500,000 to Trump's 2025 inaugural committee.

- - - GEO Group founder George Zoley and CEO Brian Evans each contributed $11,600 to Trump's joint fundraising committee, the Save America PAC.

- - - Allen Weh, CEO of CSI Aviation, contributed a total of $20,700 to Trump's campaign committee in the 2016, 2018, and 2024 election cycles.

In the first five months of fiscal 2026, CSI Aviation and GEO Group continue to dominate ICE contracting, each holding more than $1 billion in total obligated contracts.

Frank Baumgartner, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said many Americans are unaware of how much the agency spends on immigration enforcement " and how costly that system has become for taxpayers. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-07 01:09 AM

This is the swamp with feeding trough that MAGAts voted for, Republicans maintain, and vested interests sustain.
How you MAGAts liking the war business you've empowered so far?

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-07 10:50 AM

Speaking of our tax dollars:

i.imgur.com

#3 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-04-07 11:13 AM

MSGT has fallen to posting crayon drawings
How pathetic

#4 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-04-07 11:24 AM

"Classic Air Charter ($800.2 million) also secured major contracts. Transportation contractor MVM Inc., which moves unaccompanied migrant children and families to detention facilities, received $1.1 billion."

This is roughly 100x more than it would cost to simply purchase commercial airfare for the captives.

And Republicans?
Republicans. Do. Not. Care.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-07 02:38 PM

NOTHING gets fixed in this country without Campaign Finance reform.

#6 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-07 05:41 PM

"Republicans aren't an opposition party now. They're the Democrats crazy ex-girlfriend."

Bill Maher

#7 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-04-07 05:55 PM

Trump has found more ways to shift Public Money to his Owners than giving them tax cuts... he just gives them Gov Contracts, too.

Any other Pres who did this would have been thrown out of Office for it.

But Trumpers admire his superior criminal skills.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-07 06:02 PM

MAGATS are covering their ears and chanting something to themselves about Hunter Biden's peen.

#9 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-08 01:21 AM

On the tombstone of American democracy, when all is said and done:
HERE LIES THE BODY OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, STRANGLED IN THE NIGHT BY THE GREED OF BIG MONEY AND SMALL PEOPLE.

#10 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-04-08 08:00 AM

There's money to be made in Nazism

#11 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-04-08 11:16 AM

"Trump Donors Are Now Reaping Billions in ICE Contracts"

I'm sure the Slurpers will be along any time now to condemn Grift and Graft.

Anyone???

#12 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-08 11:19 AM

People want a larger government and then predictably bitch about where the money goes.

One day it will be a clue to those who clamor on and on and on about significantly increasing the size of the federal government (it's too small for them) why there are those who are against a larger federal government.

This is why. Right here. This issue. Where we are spending money on ICE contracts. This is why some conservatives are conservatives.

Some are really just partisans who will defend this ----....but that's not conservative. It's partisan.

I'm against this ICE ---- and said so from the start.

It's a complete waste of money to combat an issue that's not really an issue. Or at least it can't be solved this way.

#13 | Posted by eberly at 2026-04-08 11:30 AM

"Where we are spending money on ICE contracts. This is why some conservatives are conservatives."

Did your irony meter explode when you posted that?

It's not teh libz blowing billions.

#14 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-08 11:35 AM

"It's a complete waste of money to combat an issue that's not really an issue."

But enough about voter fraud.

" that's not conservative."

You're right. That's MAGA.

#15 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-08 11:36 AM

And Noem's sex plane bought by DHS is now being retrofitted for Melania's personal use.

It's one big con job!

#16 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-04-08 12:23 PM

Speaking of our tax dollars:

i.imgur.com

#3 | Posted by MSgt

This idiotic dumbf*&^ has zero clue how

a) stupid he is
b) how gullible he is
c) the irony in his posting that to defend this treasury heist masquerading as a presidential administration

You are a f*&^ing idiot. Just STFU and stop voting.

#17 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-08 12:35 PM

It's a complete waste of money to combat an issue that's not really an issue. Or at least it can't be solved this way.

#13 | Posted by eberly

Because it's not about "solving" that issue.

It's about grabbing as much money as they can while building infrastructure to suppress/abuse the populace when their money grab pushes us over the cliff and we slide into failed state status.

These people's only concern is looting as much as they can from the treasury before it dies. The consequences are not their concern.

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-08 12:49 PM

Some are really just partisans who will defend this ----....but that's not conservative. It's partisan.

Its actually funnier and more cynical. The funny part is, the partisanship is what caused this to happen.

Imagine the ICE contracts are with a "progressive donor"? Then the donor stops delivering under the contract for "reasons".
What else is ICE supposed to do?

#19 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-08 01:13 PM

-Did your irony meter explode when you posted that?

My post was clearly including irony.

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2026-04-08 10:52 PM

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