CBP Formally Hires Contractors to Collect Fines From People It Has Deported
The $36 million effort, spread across four companies, relies on firms already working to locate immigrants for the government's deportation surge.
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Follow the Money - July 2026: ICE Spends Year-High $2.5 Billion, Driven by Detention Expansion
Project Salt Box's monthly report on DHS procurement activities
ICE Wants New Immigrant Detention Built in a Year, Half Its Own Deadline
On a construction program that could reach $10 billion, the agency told bidders that promising to build faster — and being held to it — would strengthen their bids.
CBP's $9 million plan to collect fines from deported people has no way for them to pay
The agency told bidders it has identified no way for deported people without a U.S. bank account to pay, and pushed the problem onto the companies competing for the work.
U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines
The agency gave bidders three business days to compete for a first-of-its-kind contract to collect fines from people it has deported to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.
Inside ICE's Plan to Stop Renting Detention Space and Start Building It
The solicitation, worth up to $10 billion, prices 208 cells across eight sites and lists 14 more places, from Honolulu to Guantánamo Bay, where work could later be ordered.
DHS Reverses Course on Roxbury, N.J., Warehouse, Telling Court It May Convert the Site to Detention After All
Eleven days after telling a federal judge it would sell the $129 million warehouse, the department says it is again considering retrofitting the building to hold up to 1,500 detainees.
ICE asks contractors for 5,500 detention beds in four regions, gives industry a week to respond
The rapid-turnaround requests arrive as current operating agreements near expiration and newly released inspection reports detail safety failures at targeted facilities.
After Ditching Navy Contract, ICE Moves to Bring Detention Construction In-House
A pre-solicitation posted to SAM.gov outlines a new ICE construction contract for agency-owned detention camps, replacing the Navy-run vehicle used for rapid buildouts.
Follow the Money - June 2026: Warehouse Scheme Unravels While CBP Issues Historic Border Wall Award
Project Salt Box's monthly report on DHS procurement activities