Immigration Issues

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EXCLUSIVE: Zeteo Story on Dubious ICE Contract Spurs Congressional Inquiry

Democratic Reps. Bennie Thompson and Shri Thanedar want ICE to explain why and how a $2.25 million contract was awarded without competition to a company owned by a prominent Republican donor.

zeteo.com

Following a Zeteo investigation into a no-bid ICE contract awarded to a company owned by a Republican donor, Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security launched an inquiry on Friday, demanding the Trump administration provide answers about its use of the sole-source contract.

In an oversight letter sent to acting ICE director Todd Lyons, Reps. Bennie Thompson (Miss.) and Shri Thanedar (Mich.) pressed the agency to explain how and why the $2.25 million contract for 25 SUVs was awarded without competition to Hendrick Motorsports LLC, a company owned by prolific Republican donor Joseph Riddick "Rick" Hendrick III.

 

[bilby]

They aren't trying to dissuade immigration, they are trying to terrify immigrants non-whites. There's a huge difference.

FTFY. Having a US Passport, and even a US birthplace, won't protect you if you look foreign.

 

[Politesse]

Oh, the passport is the first thing to be confiscated. Criminals don't deserve to present "evidence" of citizenship.

 

[Toni]

They aren't trying to dissuade immigration, they are trying to terrify immigrants. There's a huge difference.

And the rest of us. Not an unintended consequence.