This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.

"Oppression is a slippery slope. There are always communities who sit at the margins. The tighter the margins become, the closer they get to you."

"In the first full year of President Donald Trump’s second term, many of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) top contractors saw massive year-over-year increases in the money they are making from the agency" www.pogo.org/investigates...

"Unlike the convicted felon whose policies caused the man’s death, Lorth Sim—the 59 year-old Cambodia national arrested when he voluntarily checked in with ICE in Boston—had not had any reported criminal interactions in more than two decades," Andrew Free writes.

"Citizens Bank has now joined this pantheon of heinous entities by choosing to fund GEO Group and Core Civic as they build and run the concentration camps that imprison victims of the Trump administration."

The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.

"In a sharply worded decision, U.S. District Judge Tana Lin found that Greggy Sorio’s detention had become unconstitutional punishment because of a 'pattern of failures of care' by medical staff at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma."

Great news from Dallas!

Valentine’s Day breakup with the big banks financing ICE for-profit prisons and big oil. Boston, February 14, 2026.

Citizens Bank finances Geo Group & CoreCivic, two of the primary companies running ICE detention centers. Citizens Bank is headquartered in Rhode Island, so it’s up to us to hold them accountable & demand they stop funding this terror. Details below. @boycottcitizens.bsky.social #boycottcitizens

🔴 CONFIRMED: ICE buys Romulus, MI warehouse. www.fox2detroit.com/news/ice-det...

Citizen's Bank helps fund ICE detention centers. They are complicit in caging children and keeping people in unsanitary and unsafe conditions. We will continue to speak up until this stops. If you use Citizen's Bank, close your account now. #citizensbank

In response to unprecedented conditions, an underground army coalesced to bring sustenance to families in hiding.

We have updated DetentionReports.com with the most recent data from ICE. Find population information for 242 detention centers across the United States. detentionreports.com

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

🔥 work in @boltsmag.org this week, and I don’t want you to miss any of it 1️⃣ Massachusetts is BY FAR the bluest state where a state agency has joined ICE’s 287(g) program. @burness.bsky.social spent a while reporting on what’s going on & fighting MA for denying him records—I hope you read.

As the number of people being ICE is tracking via GPS ankle monitors continues to climb, it's worth noting that the data The GEO Group is collecting from these monitors is very likely being fed into Palantir's ELITE app. 1/3

GEO Group and 23 other companies have joined at least 109 other contractors on the Navy's massive WEXMAC TITUS 2.2 contract, which DHS is using to expedite detention expansion ⬇️

Here’s a detailed time-line of Citizens Bank involvement in for-profit prison investment: www.boycottcitizens.org/why-citizens...

ICE just released new detention statistics. As of February 7, 2026, ICE is detaining 68,289 people across the United States. www.ice.gov/detain/deten...

NYC has contracts with at least 3 of these companies--SLS, Garner, and CDR--for on call disaster relief services. Garner's contract is currently up for a $50 million renewal "pending oversight approval."

A great article on efforts to resist warehouse sales in rural America. Watch their substack for future nationwide Zoom meetings to discuss what is working and what you can do to resist the expansion of these detention processing centers.

New at Can We Still Govern: One aspect of ICE that is not discussed much is how dependent it is on private supply chains, including foreign companies. That provides an opportunity to name-and-shame firms providing its services. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...

This ICE sniper-training contractor caught a gun-under-the-influence charge, per Lexis. /ht @agordon.me

ICE is moving fast to expand detention capacity, including converting warehouses into new mega facilities. Behind the scenes, a small group of politically connected real estate brokers is making millions. @katyaschwenk.bsky.social and @lukewgoldstein.bsky.social ⬇️ www.youtube.com/shorts/dO5aF...

CoreCivic's Q4 2025 earnings call included lots of congratulations, multiple mentions by CoreCivic execs of their 7,000 "idle" beds (which they suggest are the most humane detention option available), and two analyst questions about ICE's warehouse plans.

Two ICE surveillance programs. One requires the capacity for quick turnaround on urgent leads tied to national security threats and people convicted of violent felonies. The other focuses on hunting down huge numbers of our neighbors. Guess which one ICE plans to spend vastly more on. 🧵

GEO Group's earnings are out this morning. They too saw record revenues—$2.6B, up about 9% over last year. GEO also reported $38.2M in litigation and settlement costs, mainly related to their practice of paying detained people $1/day for their labor. investors.geogroup.com/news-release...

Cities with policies that limit coordination with federal immigration authorities are still doing business with ICE. - Cottage Grove, MN has a lucrative firing range deal - San Diego Co. provides DHS access to crime data - in Philadelphia, the state-run Parking Authority has a deal - more:

More than a hundred companies hold spots on WEXMAC TITUS, the $65B Navy contracting vehicle designed for rapid ICE detention expansion. Here’s the list (so far) ⬇️

Unaccompanied children are being held in ORR custody for an average of SIX MONTHS. acf.gov/orr/about/uc...

CoreCivic’s 2025 Q4 and full-year earnings are out. Even before seeing the full impact of the massive new detention budget, the company reported a record $2.21 billion in revenues. They expect to see more growth in 2026 "as demand for [their] solutions persists." ir.corecivic.com/news-release...

🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources. It opens up HUGE liability for the US government. Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion. 🎁 Gift link:

More than a hundred companies hold spots on WEXMAC TITUS, the $65B Navy contracting vehicle designed for rapid ICE detention expansion. Here’s the list (so far) ⬇️

We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege

Here's the November statement of work outlining what ICE is looking for from the hotels where officers will stay during the World Cup. #1: Loyalty benefits! sam.gov/workspace/co...

The De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition's next coordinated stand out is planned for Saturday, March 7. To join the effort, reach out to the coalition at [email protected].

When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.

How did this happen? And how did this happen so secretly and swiftly? In docs viewed by WIRED, DHS asked GSA explicitly to disregard usual government lease procurement procedures, and even hide lease listings due to “national security concerns.”

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DLR Group is continuing its relationship with CoreCivic, providing design services for ICE facilities scheduled to open in the coming months, according to a credible tip. DLR has worked on other CoreCivic facilities including the Otay Mesa Detention Center: jedunn.com/projects/ota...

Anti-surveillance protesters arrested at a DHS targeting center in Vermont, ages 21 to 85. "The Trump administration last year planned to hire more workers for the center to expand social media surveillance, WIRED reported." www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Deloitte is deeply involved in the regime's anti-immigrant agenda, providing everything from IT support to "internet research and data analytics" to help target immigrants. Deloitte also has contracts with blue states worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Towns & cities with ICE/CBP contracts, many up for renewal soon. Now's the time to tell local leaders you want ICE out! @indivistwincities.bsky.social @indivisiblekc.bsky.social

Two things to know about DHS spending: 1. To speed border barrier construction, the administration has waived dozens of environmental and procurement laws. 2. Trump’s DHS has awarded $6.65B to its top border wall contractor—more than all ICE-funded contractors combined ($5.85B).

When Texas lawmakers tried to visit 33-year-old “political prisoner” Leqaa Kordia at an ICE facility, she’d already lost 50 pounds and was running a high fever. By Friday, she was hospitalized. But her family still has not been able to locate her. thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/09/l...

Let's say you want to find out how much $ your rep is taking from private prisons. You go to the FEC website and search donations from for-profit prison PACs to their campaign. For Henry Cuellar, looking at the last 3 cycles, you'd get $21k. But that's just one piece of the picture. 1/

The people who support mass deportation policies never cared about whether people have "criminal records," and I caution people who want to stop mass deportations that they should not focus on the "criminal records" either.

Study: 13% of Latino immigrants avoided medical care due to deportation fears. Discrimination increased avoidance for both citizens and non-citizens. Immigration enforcement discourages healthcare seeking, threatening public health. doi.org/10.1007/s116...

This piece by @samlmontano.bsky.social on the Florida Division of Emergency Management’s role in the Everglades ICE camp—and how systems built for crisis response can be co-opted by authoritarians—is still a great read months later. disasterology.substack.com/p/disasterol...