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ICE Contractors Reap Huge Profits From Unprecedented Funding Surge

The Project on Government Oversight followed the money to a handful of well-heeled political donors given huge federal contracts in opaque service to America's most hated government agency.

Pablo Manríquez
Feb 20, 2026
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WASHINGTON — In the first year of President Trump’s second term, ICE contract spending surged by 69%, with nearly 70% of the total $5.4 billion budget concentrated among just 10 companies. Many of these top earners are major political donors or have lobbied for legislation that tripled ICE’s budget, per ace new reporting yesterday by POGO Investigates.

SOURCE: POGO INVESTIGATES

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