Trump’s $45 Billion for ICE Is Set to Enrich Small Family Firms

A select group of government contractors could see a windfall after the Trump administration secured an unprecedented $45 billion for the mass detention of immigrants.

It’s not just the owners of private prison companies who could get rich: Several small, family-owned firms have also landed on a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement shortlist of 41 companies, putting them in an exclusive and potentially lucrative pool. From Texas to Florida, the companies and the families behind them are fighting for contracts that are bigger than anything they’ve seen before.

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