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Contractors

25 companies in the detention industry — operators, consultants, surveillance firms, and service providers.

Immigration Centers of America (ICA)
Immigration Centers of America is a niche operator running the 732-bed Farmville VA detention center under an IGSA. Facility is notorious for abuse and inadequate medical care.
facility-operator · Farmville, Virginia · active
Sabot Consulting (Sabot Technologies Inc.)
Sabot Consulting markets 'ICE Integration' services to county sheriffs, staffed by former ICE officials including Acting Director Tae Johnson. Drives the county-led IGSA detention model.
consulting · Folsom, California · active
Ahtna Technical Services (Ahtna, Inc.)
Ahtna Technical Services is an Alaska Native Corp subsidiary using 8(a) sole-source contracting to operate ICE facilities including Port Isabel TX. ~$800M in historical contracts.
facility-operator · Glennallen, Alaska · active
Apex Site Services
Apex Site Services is a North Texas construction firm that pivoted from COVID testing sites to proposing soft-sided ICE detention facilities, including in Walsenburg CO.
construction · North Texas · active
Babel Street — Location Data & Social Media Surveillance for ICE
Babel Street sells ICE location tracking (Locate X) and social media monitoring (Babel X) using ad-tech data harvested from phone apps. No warrant required.
surveillance-platform · Reston, Virginia · active
BI Incorporated
BI Incorporated (GEO Group subsidiary) runs ICE's ankle monitor and SmartLINK surveillance program for 180,000+ people, plus a $121M skip-tracing contract to hunt non-compliant targets.
monitoring · Boulder, Colorado · active
Capgemini Government Solutions
Capgemini won the largest ICE skip-tracing contract ($365M ceiling) to locate immigrants for deportation. The French multinational reportedly had internal doubts about reputational risk.
skip-tracing · McLean, Virginia (parent: Paris, France) · active
Clearview AI — Facial Recognition for ICE
Clearview AI provides ICE with facial recognition from a 50B+ image database via a $9.2M sole-source contract. Used with 'little apparent oversight' per WBEZ.
surveillance-platform · New York, New York · active
Constellis Holdings (Blackwater successor)
Constellis (Blackwater/Academi successor) hunts immigrants for ICE under a $113M skip-tracing contract. Operatives conduct physical surveillance with no DHS credentials.
skip-tracing · Reston, Virginia · active
CoreCivic, Inc. (formerly CCA)
CoreCivic is the second-largest private prison company with $2.2B revenue in 2025, up 13%. Won ~$325M in new ICE contracts reactivating 6,353 beds across four facilities.
private-prison · Brentwood, Tennessee · active
CSI Aviation
CSI Aviation manages ICE Air deportation flights, tripling to $1.1B in FY2025. Founded by Republican donor Allen Weh; subcontracts to GlobalX and World Atlantic.
charter-airline · Killeen, Texas (bases in Albuquerque, NM and West Palm Beach, FL) · active
Endeavors (Family Endeavors)
Endeavors is a San Antonio nonprofit that received ~$3.2B in federal migrant services contracts under Biden. DOGE terminated a $215M contract for an empty Pecos facility.
hybrid · San Antonio, Texas · active
G4S Secure Solutions (Allied Universal subsidiary)
G4S (Allied Universal subsidiary, formerly Wackenhut) provides armed ground transportation of ICE detainees across multiple field offices. $100M San Diego contract solicited.
transportation · Jupiter, Florida (Allied Universal HQ: Conshohocken, Pennsylvania) · active
GlobalX Airlines (Global Crossing Airlines)
GlobalX Airlines operates ~80% of ICE deportation flights, earning $246M in 2025. Flight attendants reported shackled passengers cannot be safely evacuated in emergencies.
charter-airline · Miami, Florida · active
LexisNexis / RELX — Data Broker for ICE
LexisNexis sells ICE and CBP access to Accurint, a database of 10,000+ sources including utility records and license plates. Combined contracts worth up to $38M.
data-broker · New York, New York (parent: London, UK) · active
Management & Training Corporation (MTC)
MTC is the third-largest private prison operator, pursuing a sole-source ICE contract for a shuttered Marana AZ prison. Pima County formally opposed it in Feb 2026.
private-prison · Centerville, Utah · active
MVM, Inc.
MVM Inc. is a security contractor founded by ex-Secret Service agents with $1.1B in cumulative ICE transport contracts. Owners are major Trump donors.
transportation · Ashburn, Virginia · active
NICE Systems — Call Recording & Video Surveillance
NICE Systems is an Israeli company providing phone recording, keyword search, and video surveillance to US prisons and jails. Specific ICE contract not yet confirmed.
surveillance-platform · Ra'anana, Israel (US: Hoboken, New Jersey) · active
Palantir Technologies — ICE Surveillance & Case Management Platform
Palantir builds ICE's core surveillance infrastructure: ImmigrationOS deportation pipeline, ELITE targeting app, and ICM case management. Total ICE contracts ~$287M.
surveillance-platform · Denver, Colorado · active
ShadowDragon — Social Media Surveillance for ICE
ShadowDragon provides ICE with social media surveillance across 200+ websites including dating sites, forums, and social platforms. ICE plans a $20-50M monitoring office expansion.
surveillance-platform · Whitefish, Montana · active
The GEO Group, Inc.
GEO Group is the largest private detention company ($2.6B revenue, $254M profit in 2025) operating a closed loop: surveillance via BI, skip tracing, and 75,000 detention beds.
hybrid · Boca Raton, Florida · active
Thomson Reuters — CLEAR Data Broker for ICE
Thomson Reuters CLEAR gives ICE access to utility records, phone records, license plates, and real-time geolocation. $161M+ in cumulative DHS contracts since 2003.
data-broker · Toronto, Ontario (US operations: Eagan, Minnesota) · active
Venntel / Gravy Analytics — Ad-Tech Location Data for ICE
Venntel sells ICE precise cell phone location data harvested from advertising bid-streams without warrants. FTC filed a complaint in Dec 2024 but ICE expanded purchases.
data-broker · Tysons Corner, Virginia · active
Vigilant Solutions (Motorola Solutions) — License Plate Reader Network for ICE
Vigilant Solutions (Motorola) operates the largest US license plate reader network. ICE has a $22.8M database contract plus purchased mobile ALPR hardware for field operations.
surveillance-platform · Livermore, California (parent: Chicago, Illinois) · active
World Atlantic Airways
World Atlantic Airways is a Miami-based overflow carrier for ICE deportation flights, subcontracting under CSI Aviation. Increased role after iAero Airways bankruptcy in 2023.
charter-airline · Miami, Florida · active