“In a previously unpublicized letter sent to members of Congress in April, recently departed acting ICE director Todd Lyons acknowledged the agency gives itself wide latitude to collect information on individuals ...”
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1 in 3 people in ICE detention are in GEO Group facilities.
In 2025, its profits rose nearly 700% increase from the year before.
"Last year was the most successful period for new business wins in our company's history." - CEO George Zoley on their latest earnings call.
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No but like seriously everyone go pay for journalism. Pay NPR or if not us pay someone else. Just please pay someone or else seriously all these big ships are going to keep slowwwwwwly sinking.
ICE is promising local police a lot to work with them: new cars, reimbursed salaries, even bonuses for finding undocumented people.
If every police agency gets what it’s been promised, a recent report estimated it could add up to $2 billion in 2026 alone.
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“Roughly three-quarters of those children… are likely U.S. citizens”
David Venturella's appointment as acting ICE director is the latest in a pattern: Many former employees of the private prison company GEO Group end up working at the federal agency, and vice versa.
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In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters.
The federal government is offering local law enforcement incentives to join a program that gives their officers authority to make immigration arrests. Police leaders say the funds, which include money...
NEWS: NPR plans newsroom restructure and modest jobs cuts as it confronts era without federal funding.
CEO Katherine Maher says NPR intends to save $8M from newsgathering & related units; shows and podcasts not eligible for buyouts or targeted for layoffs.
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