Immigration & Customs Enforcement Contracting Practices Questioned As Expansion Plans Grow

Requesting an assessment by the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) of contracting practices by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a letter dated September 25, 2025, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement House Committee on the Judiciary, called for a review of ICE's policies and procedures as its expansion plans grow. "ICE plans to more than double its detention capacity by the end of this year, to 107,000," the letter stated. Concerns over a $1.2 billion contract for a large detention facility, Camp East Montana, with 5 . . .