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Screenshot of an America.gov AI interaction. The user has asked "Why did ICE waste so much money buying warehouses it can't use?" The response summaries a Government Accountability Office finding that the agency has wasted over a billion dollars of public funding on the failed warehouse scheme.

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As contract nerds, this is wild. ICE posted a market research notice on Aug. 28, and two companies responded. ICE ruled out one offering a standard Boston Dynamics Spot, never opened the order to bidding, and gave RADeCO a sole-source award on Sept. 25.

Screenshot of section 4 of an ICE document justifying a purchase without full and open competition. The section cites 41 U.S.C. 3304 as the legal authority and lists seven possible reasons for limiting competition, each with a checkbox. Only the first box is checked: "RFO 6.103-1: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." The unchecked options are unusual and compelling urgency; industrial mobilization, engineering, development or research capability, or expert services; international agreement; authorized or required by statute; national security; and public interest.

Screenshot of section 9 of the same ICE document, titled "Description of Market Research." The text reads: "Market research was conducted to identify contractors capable of providing a custom Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle able to fulfil the tactical needs of the agency. The research included internet searches and a review of available vendor information, pricing data, and quotes. The market research SSN identified one vendor (RADeCO) capable of providing the customized CERBERUS SPOT-AV. GovTRobotics submission of the Boston Dynamics Spot Enterprise with Spot Arm was evaluated against the required Description of Specifications for the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle and deemed not technically acceptable. Furthermore, GovTRobotics is not an authorized reseller of Boston Dynamics supplies. Following a thorough review, it was determined that only RADeCO customized CERBERUS SPOT-AV solution could meet all the essential requirements outlined in the SSN."

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It appears to have a telescoping arm.

Screenshot of contracting statement which says: "The SPOT robot will be configured with dual output light sources so it can operate in all
lighting conditions as well as supporting Special Response Teams (SRT) in low/no light
environments where Night Optical Devices (NODs) are being employed. The SPOT’s audio
intake can hear motion interior, and the operator can alert the team to the presence of a
subject. SPOT can also extend its arm (full extension height is 5 ½ feet) to see on top of
closets, bunk beds, and some crawl spaces."

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If you're a staff writer who needs to wait until a contract is public record to report on it, here you go. Robot dogs sold for $1.3 million to RADeCO of Connecticut, as we reported yesterday — now available on USA Spending. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...

Promotional photo of the Boston Dynamics/RADeCO Cerberus Spot quadruped robot, better known as a "robot dog."

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We’re investigating fascism with the power of new wave on our side.

Person in mirrored sunglasses and a light blue jacket leans over a turntable, seen from a low angle, with one hand reaching toward the spinning record.

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The company that’s recruiting for ICE’s new $100 million domestic espionage contract would like to extend their best wishes for a mirthful equinox.

A screenshot of a LinkedIn post from Kiliuda Consulting. The post wishes their clients, partners, and teammates a happy autumn. It features a cheerful image of orange and yellow leaves with a quirky blue font that reads “Happy Autumn.”

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Happy to see the big outlets are finally starting to take ERO ONE seriously.

AI-generated illustration of ICE analysts at surveillance monitors under an Uncle Sam figure with binoculars, with red tracking boxes around a farmworker in a field and a family praying at their kitchen table.

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Expected salary range for the position is $75K to $125K regardless of location.

Screenshot of the requirements section of a Kiliuda job listing. It asks for at least two years of experience preparing or delivering analytical briefings, the ability to work independently and show independent judgment, the ability to communicate in writing and orally, and experience with Microsoft software and analytical tools such as i2, Penlink and Palantir. The listing says the position is in San Francisco, and the salary is $75,000 to $125,000.

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One opening is in Laguna Niguel, Calif. The draft statement of work lists the same city for ICE's Pacific Enforcement Response Center.

Screenshot of a Kiliuda job listing for an Intelligence Research Specialist, job code 6204, with one opening in Laguna Niguel, Calif. The ad says Kiliuda, a subsidiary of Three Saints Bay, LLC, is seeking an intelligence research specialist in Laguna Niguel. The listed responsibilities are to evaluate complex and sensitive intelligence matters, integrate information from multiple classified and unclassified sources, apply established analytical methodologies, develop supportable conclusions, author intelligence or comparable formal analytical products, and communicate and brief findings to operational, program and senior government audiences.

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Kiliuda Consulting, an 8(a) Alaska Native Corporation subsidiary, lists intelligence research specialist openings in cities from Harlingen, Tex., to Williston, Vt. The ads use the same job title as the ERO ONE statement of work and list nearly identical requirements.

Screenshot of Kiliuda job search results showing seven Intelligence Research Specialist openings, each with View and Apply buttons. The listings are job 6190 in Newark, N.J.; job 6191 in Philadelphia; job 6193 in Phoenix; job 6194 in Salt Lake City; job 6196 in San Antonio; job 6197 in San Diego; and job 6198 in San Francisco.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 26/09/2026

ICE went forward with its plan to purchase $1.3 million worth of RADeCO Cereberus Spot robot dogs.

A screenshot of an award description, which says: "The purpose of this award is to procure Cerberus Spot quadruped robots and accessories for Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs."

A promotional photograph of a RADeCO tactical robot dog and its associated gear, including cameras, control mechanisms, and a tactical kit.

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Employees and executives of GEO Group, ICE's largest detention contractor, appear in the metadata of a growing number of DHS detention contract solicitations. The contracts are open to competition from other companies. Neither GEO nor DHS will say what role GEO played in preparing the documents.

A metadata readout for a five-page PDF titled "Performance Work Statement." The Company field reads "GEO Group Inc." and appears twice. The file was created on Sept. 25, 2026, at 1:44 p.m. Eastern using Acrobat PDFMaker 26 for Word. The Author and Creator fields are blurred.

A PDF open in a viewer, titled "Attachment 10c1 - Enhanced Transport Requirements Requirement C (Philadelphia)." The page is headed "Moshannon Enhanced Transportation." It lists requirements for ICE offices in Philadelphia, York and Pittsburgh. These include 24-hour detention, transport and guard coverage; additional "GTI" guard and transport assets; and at least three extra transport teams per day, seven days a week, to stage near arrest teams and act as a "mobile detention facility" until the vans are full. The Pittsburgh section says a hub site would free deportation officers to make more arrests. The metadata panel shows the file was created Dec. 11, 2025, with Acrobat PDFMaker 25 for Word. The author field contains the name of a GEO Group Executive Vice President.

A PDF open in a viewer, titled "Attachment 10c - Anticipated Transportation Routes Estimate Requirement C (Philadelphia)." The page is a table headed "Moshannon Incremental Mileage Estimate." It lists routes from Dover and the Pittsburgh Sub-Office to ICE offices, airports, federal prisons and about 20 county prisons, with miles per trip, vehicle type, trip frequency and total annual miles. The largest entry is Pittsburgh to Erie County Prison, five times a week, at 68,120 miles a year. The metadata panel shows the file was created Dec. 10, 2025, in Microsoft Excel. The author field contains the name of a GEO Group senior vice president.

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In its skills requirements, ICE says ERO ONE analysts need to be able to operate in intelligence, national security and military environments. It also wants them weighing geographic, political, military and criminal factors when evaluating intelligence. This is boilerplate IC job-ad language...

Two bullets from the qualifications list in the ERO ONE statement of work. The first, "Mission and Intelligence Environment," reads: "Demonstrate knowledge or experience sufficient to operate effectively in intelligence, national security, homeland security, military, or law enforcement environments involving complex operational requirements, competing priorities, and time-sensitive information." The second, "Geopolitical and Operational Awareness," reads: "Demonstrate the ability to consider geographic, political, military, economic, criminal, organizational, and other relevant factors when evaluating intelligence information and developments affecting assigned mission requirements."

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In Section 4.10, ICE says it wants contractors to use the intelligence they produce to help agents plan operations. The SOW doesn't say what kind of operations. These analysts support ERO, so it's fair to assume arrests are among them. A close DoD analog would be Intel Prep of the Battlefield.

Section 4.10 of the ERO ONE statement of work, titled "Analytical Support to Operational Planning." It says the contractor shall provide research and analytical support associated with authorized ERO operational planning requirements. Support may include background research, identification of relevant intelligence, analysis of trends or patterns, network or relationship analysis, review of geographic information, identification of intelligence gaps, and development of analytical findings concerning relevant risks, relationships or considerations. Intelligence Research Specialists may prepare intelligence summaries, analytical graphics, assessments, background products and briefing materials that assist Government personnel in understanding available information. A final paragraph says this support is analytical and advisory only, and that contractor personnel shall not approve operational plans, select enforcement targets, determine whether enforcement action will occur, direct Government personnel, commit Government resources, or exercise operational command or control.

Chapter 1 of Army Techniques Publication 2-01.3, headed "Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Fundamentals." The highlighted definition reads: "Intelligence preparation of the battlefield is the systematic process of analyzing the mission variables of enemy, terrain, weather, and civil considerations in an area of interest to determine their effect on operations." The text says IPB lets commanders and staffs take a holistic approach to analyzing the operational environment, describing relevant aspects that may affect friendly, threat and neutral forces, accounting for all relevant domains, identifying windows of opportunity to leverage friendly capabilities against threat forces, and letting commanders act at a time and place most advantageous for mission success.

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Section 4.8 of the statement of work describes "Liaison and Coordination Support." It says plainly that ICE's contract analysts would facilitate information sharing beyond ERO: other ICE components, DHS agencies like CBP and USCIS, federal law enforcement, and members of the intelligence community.

Section 4.8 of the ERO ONE statement of work, titled "Liaison and Coordination Support." The highlighted first paragraph reads: "Contractor-provided Intelligence Research Specialists (IRS) shall provide analytical and coordination support necessary to facilitate authorized information sharing and collaboration among ERO headquarters, ERO field offices, other ICE components, DHS organizations, Federal law enforcement agencies, members of the Intelligence Community, and other authorized stakeholders."

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Had a few people ask what else is in the ERO ONE statement of work besides pattern-of-life analysis. So let's take a look at a few other descriptions of the kind of work ICE wants contract intel analysts to perform. 🧵

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Don't forget Sheldon S., their program manager, who had experience at MVM before jumping to Anovaeon to be their subject matter expert for a project in Hagerstown, MD, right after ICE awarded a contract to convert it into a detention camp.

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What information are they working from? The statement of work never says. It refers only to "authorized sources." It does say the work environment may involve "classified national security information." That's a strange line to find in a law enforcement contract.

Text from the ERO ONE statement of work: "Contractor-provided IRS personnel will support ERO ONE in researching, evaluating, integrating, and analyzing information from authorized sources; identifying trends, patterns, relationships, threats, and intelligence gaps; preparing intelligence products and briefings; supporting established intelligence requirements; and providing related analytical support to ERO mission activities."

Text from the ERO ONE statement of work: "The work environment may involve classified national security information, law enforcement sensitive information, personally identifiable information, operational information, and other protected Government information."

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Paragraph 4 lists the products an ERO ONE analyst would prepare: link charts, network diagrams, timelines. That is a picture of when a subject is likely to be somewhere, and who is likely to be there too. An ops planner could use it to maximize the number of people arrested at once.

Text from the ERO ONE statement of work, section 4.6: "When appropriate to the assigned requirement, the contractor shall prepare link charts, network diagrams, timelines, analytical summaries, written assessments, or other related products that clearly present significant relationships and the information supporting the analysis."

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Paragraph 2 is pattern-of-life analysis. "Areas of convergence" and "temporal or geographic connections" mean: where does a person go, when, and who else is there. How does a person spend their days? That last part is how this analysis generates new names and potential targets of interest.

Text from the ERO ONE statement of work, section 4.6: "Contractor-provided Intelligence Research Specialists shall review information from multiple authorized sources to identify known, reported, or potential relationships; recurring patterns; organizational structures; associations; areas of convergence; temporal or geographic connections; and other linkages relevant to the assigned intelligence requirement."

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"Network analysis" is intel parlance for mapping how people connect. Who someone lives with, works with, travels with, and talks to. Paragraph 1 tasks contractors with assessing relationships among "individuals, organizations, locations, events, activities, data points, and other entities."

Text from the ERO ONE statement of work, section 4.6: "The contractor-provided Intelligence Research Specialists shall conduct analytical research to identify and assess relationships among individuals, organizations, locations, events, activities, data points, and other entities to established ERO intelligence requirements."

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Of all the things that give me pause about ICE's draft ERO ONE statement of work, a section titled "Network, Link, and Relationship Analysis" is the most eyebrow-raising. I spent close to 20 years as an intel analyst. Here's what section 4.6 says and means, paragraph by paragraph.

Cover page of the ERO ONE statement of work. The Department of Homeland Security seal sits in the center, under the heading "U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)." Below the seal, three lines read: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)," "Office of Enforcement and Removal (ERO)," and "ERO Overwatch and National Security Enforcement (ERO ONE)."

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Attachment 10c1 is the one describing "mobile detention facilities" as an enhanced transportation requirement. Its author is Jennifer Houston, which again matches GEO's executive vice president of client relations. It was created Dec. 11, 2025, more than eight months before the solicitation posted.

The six transportation attachments, with Attachment 10c1, the Philadelphia enhanced transport requirements, highlighted.

Attachment 10c1, titled "Moshannon Enhanced Transportation," open alongside its document properties. Sections for Philadelphia, York and Pittsburgh request additional GTI transport teams that would wait near arrest operations and "act as 'mobile detention facility' until the vans are full." The properties list the author as Jennifer Houston, created Dec. 11, 2025.

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Attachment 10c lists the routes a Philadelphia-area contractor would drive, moving detainees between jails, courts and airports across the region. Its author is Ashley Neill, which does not match a contracting officer, but does match a GEO Group VP of operations. The file was created Dec. 10, 2025.

The six transportation attachments, with Attachment 10c, the Philadelphia route list, highlighted.

Attachment 10c, titled "Moshannon Incremental Mileage Estimate," open alongside its document properties. The table lists routes from Dover and the Pittsburgh sub-office to county jails, federal prisons, courthouses and airports, with mileage, vehicle type, frequency and annual miles. The properties list the author as Ashley Neill, created Dec. 10, 2025.

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Attachment 10 covers ICE's general transportation requirements, which apply to all four. Its metadata lists Benjamin Shih as author, matching a senior acquisition policy analyst in DHS's Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. Created Aug. 28, 2026, the day the solicitation posted.

The six transportation attachments in the solicitation, with Attachment 10, the general transportation requirements, highlighted. The others are the route lists for Denver, Miami, Philadelphia and Seattle, plus the Philadelphia enhanced transport requirements.

Attachment 10, the general transportation requirements, open alongside its document properties. The properties list the author as Shih, Benjamin, created Aug. 28, 2026, the day the solicitation posted. The visible text includes the provision that except in emergencies, women may not be transported by bus for more than ten hours.

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First, a quick file topography. ICE posted its turnkey detention solicitation to SAM.gov on Aug. 28, with attachments spelling out requirements for four regions: Denver, Miami, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

A file listing of the ICE solicitation's attachments on SAM.gov, from the main document 70CDCR26R00000026 through Attachment 16, covering the performance work statements, facility-specific requirements for each of the four sites, transportation requirements and route lists, virtual attorney visitation, labor standards and NEPA guidance.

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The kind of stuff you find poring through detention trade magazines.

Art for an article in "Corrections Today" magazine depicting a hand made of fire over a hand made of ice, with a stylized flame font spelling out "THROUGH THE FIRE, LESSONS FROM LEADING A COMPLEX JAIL."

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Also in that announcement: CoreCivic advised investors that its outlook could hinge on reopening idle facilities fast enough to meet growing federal demand and on the potential sale of more of its facilities to ICE.

Screenshot of the "Forward-Looking Statements" section of a CoreCivic press release. The dense legal paragraph lists risks and uncertainties that could affect the company's results, including changes in government policy, contract renewals, occupancy levels and access to financing. Two passages are highlighted in orange. The first reads: "our ability to successfully activate idle facilities in a timely manner in order to meet the growth in demand for our facilities." The second reads: "including the potential sale of additional facilities to ICE, on a timely basis and on commercially favorable terms."

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And what did CoreCivic do after selling two private prisons to ICE this summer for a combined $1.2 billion? A stock buyback, of course. ir.corecivic.com/news-release...

Screenshot of a CoreCivic press release describing a $500 million stock buyback.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 22/09/2026

U.S. Border Patrol plans to spend up to $50 million on contractor support for its headquarters intelligence division, according to a new Department of Homeland Security forecast. The five-year contract would cover open-source intelligence work and pilots of new technology.

Screenshot of a Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Planning Forecast System record, number F2026073592, published Sept. 22, 2026. The component is U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Border Patrol. The requirement is titled "USBP INTEL OSINT and SCG Technology Support Services." The description calls for contractor support to the Border Patrol Headquarters Intelligence Division for program management, administrative support, open-source intelligence capability planning and sustainment, and Strategic Collaboration Group technology pilot planning, assessment, training and transition. The estimated value is $20 million to $50 million. The contract is a new, competed, firm-fixed-price requirement through the GSA Schedule, set aside for small business, with work in Washington, D.C. The award is expected in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, and the contract runs through Sept. 28, 2031. The record also lists government points of contact.

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What was the increase for? We don't know for sure. The docs cite a transport addendum omitted from the records. But a Dec. 11 2025 file created by a GEO Group Sr. VP seeks 12 more transport teams a day as a "mobile detention facility" for arrest teams. It later appeared in a July ICE solicitation.

Excerpt from a document describing added transportation for ICE's Philadelphia Field Office, with three phrases highlighted in yellow. The text reads: "These assets would be assigned to arrest teams at the hub site that would remain in a staging location nearby from the arrest teams. These teams would act as 'mobile detention facility' until the vans are full and/or all operations in the area are completed. This helps not to disrupt at-large teams by having 1 LEO leave operations to transport aliens back to the Philadelphia Field Office. Requesting at least three (3) additional transport teams per day (7 days a week)." The highlighted phrases are "assigned to arrest teams," "mobile detention facility," and the final sentence requesting three more transport teams per day.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 22/09/2026

ICE added $6.5 million to a detainee transportation contract in Pennsylvania in February 2026, according to improperly redacted records the agency posted to its FOIA library. The change more than doubled the monthly fee and raised guaranteed monthly mileage by 75 percent.

Screenshot of an ICE contract modification document. The text reads: "As a result of this modification, the total value of this award is increased: From: $311,863,517.43. By: $6,494,866.40. To: $318,358,383.83." A gray redaction box covers the final dollar figure, but the number is visible through it. A right-click menu is open over the box, with the option "Remove Redaction" highlighted at the top.

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After being up less than a week, DHS took down the forecast for ERO ONE. As we wrote over the weekend, this $100+ million contract would give ICE ERO a dedicated cadre of intelligence analysts producing all source-intelligence for building target lists.

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From our reporting on this last week.

Screenshot of article text with two passages highlighted in yellow. The text reads: "The solicitation itself, in the section explaining how to format a price proposal, gives the reason: because the government may consider future acquisition of one or more awarded sites, bidders must submit rates under both models. The pricing worksheet is more direct. 'The government may be interested in acquiring contractor owned sites,' its instructions say, 'therefeore [sic] the establishment of SPC pricing is critical.'" The highlighted passages are the two quotes from the pricing worksheet instructions.

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BREAKING: In a status update filed tonight, New Jersey and Roxbury Township say they've "recently learned of reports" that ICE used the warehouse for immigration enforcement and are assessing them. If they find a violation, they say they will "seek appropriate relief from the Court."

Excerpt from a Sept. 15, 2026 court filing in which New Jersey and Roxbury Township state they've recently learned of reports that ICE used the Roxbury Warehouse for immigration enforcement, are assessing those reports, and will seek relief from the court if they find the stipulated order was violated.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 15/09/2026

FOIA FILED: Following allegations that ICE held people at a Roxbury, N.J. warehouse after a Sept. 4 raid in nearby Dover, we've asked DHS and ICE to turn over CCTV footage, hold room custodial and detention logs, and vehicle access logs from that morning.

First page of a Project Salt Box FOIA request to ICE and DHS, dated Sept. 15, 2026, seeking records on the Roxbury, N.J. warehouse tied to a Sept. 4 immigration enforcement action, citing the pending federal lawsuit and the May 12 court order limiting activity at the site.

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The DHS OIG last week released its May 2025 inspection of ICE's Krome detention center in Miami. Key findings: - 1,102 detainees in space for 882 - Frozen food left out in the heat - No medical exam after pepper spray; detainee transferred - An unauthorized choke hold

Photograph of palettes of frozen food left out in the Florida heat at the Krome detention center.

A page from an Office of Inspector General report showing a table of detainee populations representing overcrowded conditions. An accompanying photograph shows detainees sleeping on cots in housing unit 14.

A screenshot of text from an OIG report with highlighted text reading "Krome staff did not seek a medical evaluation, as required, for the detainee immediately following the use of force incident. Instead, Krome transferred the detainee out of the facility."

A screenshot of highlighted text which reads "While searching a cell for contraband, an officer inappropriately used a choke hold. Such a technique is only authorized when deadly force would be authorized."

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 11/09/2026

We spent a few months reading through DHS work statements and FOIA docs to piece together this map of many — not all — of the different data ingest points they have at their disposal to aggregate data. Things like ALPRs, data scraping, biometrics, OSINT, LEO databases, etc, and AI tools.

A large network diagram maps data flows and surveillance capabilities connected to the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. At the top is DHS, branching into ICE, Customs and Border Protection, TSA, and USCIS. ICE further divides into Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 11/09/2026

So by DHS' logic: your next stop after collecting your things from your desk better be the nearest airport, or else ICE gets to come round you up.

Excerpt from a Federal Register notice explaining the effect of the proposed rule. It states that removing the up to 60-day discretionary grace period would better align the regulations with the statutory provisions governing the relevant classifications. A highlighted portion reads: requiring an alien to depart from the United States immediately upon his or her failure to maintain the employment or activity that was the basis for the nonimmigrant classification or status, unless otherwise authorized to lawfully remain in the United States. The text adds that the change would also reduce the administrative burden on USCIS associated with the grace period.

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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 11/09/2026

NEW: DHS is proposing to scrap the 60-day grace period that lets certain foreign workers stay in the country legally after losing their job while they look for new work or prepare to leave. Under the new rule, their legal status would end the moment the job that brought them here does.

Federal Register notice from USCIS and DHS. It is a notice of proposed rulemaking to remove regulations at 8 CFR 214.1(l)(2), ending the up-to-60-day grace period for certain nonimmigrants after their employment ends. The summary explains that the change ties nonimmigrant status directly to the specific job or activity that justified the person's admission. Comments are due by November 10, 2026.

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Hasbro on DHS’ use of Optimus Prime in their deportation slop.

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This isn't the first ICE listing for temporary buildings. A Sept. 8 planning notice shows ICE intends to lease turnkey modular units across Fla., worth $5M to $10M. Like the Los Fresnos contract, the notice lists no competition and cites the 8(a) program. Not clear if these are for detention use.

Screenshot of a DHS Acquisition Planning Forecast System record, Forecast Record Number F2026075449. Component: ICE/M&A. Published Date: Sept. 8, 2026, 2:48 p.m. Previously Published On: blank. NAICS: 561210, Facilities Support Services. Competition: NO. Small Business Set-Aside: N/A. Small Business Program: 8(a). Contract Vehicle: PO (FAR Subpart 13.5). Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price. Contract Status: New Requirement. Anticipated Award Quarter: Q4 FY2026. Estimated Solicitation Release: 2026-09-09. Contract Complete: 2027-09-27. Requirements Title, highlighted: Leasing of Turnkey Modular Units. Description: The Contractor shall provide all engineering, labor, supervision, project management, permits and approvals, foundation and anchoring work, delivery and placement, utility connections, life safety and accessibility features, interior and exterior completion, security requirements, materials, testing, commissioning, documentation, and incidentals required to furnish and install modular units of various sizes and configuration at ICE facilities located throughout Florida. Estimated Dollar Range: $5,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00. Place of Performance: Multiple, FL. POC Name: Amy Dallaire. POC Phone: (771) 200-6887. POC Email: Amy.Dallaire@ice.dhs.gov. Alternate POC fields: blank. Small Business Specialist/APFS Coordinator POC Name: Samuel Thompson. Phone: (202) 329-0703. Email:

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This contract skipped competitive bidding. AIP is owned by Akima, an Alaska Native corporation. That status lets DHS award contracts to it directly, without a dollar limit, under a federal program meant to help small and disadvantaged businesses.

Screenshot of a contract notice "Description" field. Text reads: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded Akima Infrastructure Protection (AIP), LLC a contract for a self-sustaining temporary detention facility, medical annex, and detention support services in Los Fresnos, TX. In accordance with Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. § 637(a)) and the executed Partnership Agreement between the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and DHS, this contract was awarded to 8(a) small business AIP per Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) 19.108-7(b) and 19.208-2(a), whereby award was made using other than full and open competition.

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DHS ordered a “self-sustaining” temporary detention facility, medical annex, and detention support services in Los Fresnos, TX, for $87.9M. ICE already runs the 800-bed Port Isabel facility there. Our review so far doesn’t establish whether this is a separate site or added capacity at Port Isabel.

Screenshot of a federal contract opportunity notice titled "Self-Sustaining Temporary Detention Facility," marked Active. Notice ID: 70CDCR26C00000011. Related Notice: blank. Contract Opportunity Type: Award Notice. Contract Line Item Number: blank. Inactive Date: Sep 25, 2026. Inactive Policy: 15 days after contract award date. Response Date: blank. Published Date: Sep 10, 2026, 9:05 AM EST.

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