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racheladhe.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Our short documentary, produced by Kayla Shea, about the rise of America's ICE towns is out on YouTube today: youtube.com/watch?v=0pV9... It tells two stories -- the story of a man detained by ICE and the story of the community that says they financially depend on detaining him.
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How Trump’s Deportation Campaign Is Reshaping Small Town America
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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racheladhe.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
NEW: An Alaska Native corp has become an ICE detention giant, managing or doing security for a half dozen facilities. But back in Alaska, Iñupiaq shareholders are raising alarm over the work being done in their name. w/ @pollymosendz.bsky.social Mike Smith @kotznews.bsky.social bit.ly/4772GVu
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Distant ICE Detention Centers Bring Money—and Anger—to an Alaska Native Community
Nana Regional Corp. is supposed to uphold Iñupiat values. Some shareholders say its role in Trump’s deportation machinery makes a mockery of that.
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fola @folaak.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Tom Homan said he was recused from anything to do with government contracts. Turns out he wasn't. He played a role in the process to move immigration detention contracts through the Defense Department www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... With @racheladhe.bsky.social and @sooophie.bsky.social
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Trump’s Border Czar Involved in Detention Contract Talks Despite Recusal
Ethics experts say Tom Homan’s participation could violate rules meant to ensure impartiality. The White House says he has not crossed that line.
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racheladhe.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
ICE has tapped 41 companies to compete for some of the $45 billion earmarked for a massive expansion of immigration detention space, including at least 9 that offer tent facilities w/ @sooophie.bsky.social and @folaak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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As Part of a $45 Billion Push, ICE Prepares for a Vast Expansion of Detention Space
The Trump administration has tapped 41 vendors to compete for lucrative federal contracts.
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racheladhe.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
NEW w/ @folaak.bsky.social: ICE is moving to DNA-test families being targeted for deportation with a new contract worth up to $25 million www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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ICE Moves to DNA-Test Families Targeted for Deportation with New Contract
Advocates worry the tests will pave the way for the Trump administration to separate children from their caregivers.
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Nieman Storyboard @niemanstoryboard.org · 30/05/2025
"We started with the day he was taken into ICE custody and he just explained in detail what he saw, heard, smelled, felt at each stage in his detention." — @racheladhe.bsky.social on reporting the @bloomberglp.bsky.social story, "Addicted to ICE." niemanstoryboard.org/2025/05/30/b... #longreads
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Behind the Scenes: Bloomberg examines a private detention center and a town 'Addicted to ICE' - Nieman Storyboard
Rachel Adams-Heard, Polly Mosendz, and Fola Akinnibi looked at local government agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants in New Mexico
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Mark Armstrong @markarms.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
"We wanted to show how there are people very far from Washington, D.C., who are making decisions that have a dramatic impact on how the White House's immigration policy is carried out on the ground." @racheladhe.bsky.social niemanstoryboard.org/2025/05/30/b...
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Behind the Scenes: Bloomberg examines a private detention center and a town 'Addicted to ICE' - Nieman Storyboard
Rachel Adams-Heard, Polly Mosendz, and Fola Akinnibi looked at local government agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants in New Mexico
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racheladhe.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
ADDICTED TO ICE: A growing number of communities are convinced their economies depend on ICE contracts that keep private jails open for immigration detention -- no matter what happens inside w/ @pollymosendz.bsky.social @folaak.bsky.social @elenamejia.bsky.social & many others bloom.bg/4j28jqp
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hinges on Small Towns Hooked on Private Prisons
Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking people up.
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Will Craft @wcraft.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This is a great story, the kind of great story you can do through using the data released by The Deportation Data Project: deportationdata.org Every data reporter covering immigration should get familiar with the data here
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Deportation Data Project
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Leon Yin @leonyin.org · 01/05/2025
NEW: @bloomberg.com analysis of +13 years of ICE detentions shows immigrants transferred to the South and SW from interior US at unprecedented rates. Reducing the odds of winning their cases. w/ @elenamejia.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social @pollymosendz.bsky.social bloom.bg/43am95w
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racheladhe.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
First post on BlueSky to share this survey for people who have experience with immigration contractors in the US! We're talking companies that build tents, operate deportation flights, provide security, etc. We want to hear from you: bmedia.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Do You Work For an Immigration-Related Federal Contractor? Share Your Story
Bloomberg News is reporting on government contractors dealing with immigration and deportation. If you have experience working with one of these companies, we want to hear from you.
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