Democrats ask SEC to investigate ICE detention contracts
A group of four Democratic lawmakers sent a Friday letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) urging the agency to investigate no-bid detention center contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Reps. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.); Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement; Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee; and Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), ranking member of the Homeland Security Committee, co-led the effort.
“As the Trump Administration has continued to solicit publicly traded companies to operate detention facilities for immigration enforcement— contracts worth tens of millions of dollars — we, the undersigned, believe that there is an increased need for close oversight by the SEC, in addition to other government accountability measures,” the group wrote to SEC Chair Paul Atkins.
“Given the speed and opaque nature of these contracts, there is a heightened need to monitor and oversee the release of material information related to these no-bid contracts,” they added.
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