Lobbyists Behind Migrant Detention Industry Operations
Mar 16, 2026·Location: Washington, DC
An article examines the lobbying operations of private prison companies GEO Group and CoreCivic, which profit from ICE detention contracts. The report details the lobbyists and millions of dollars spent annually to influence federal policy, with GEO receiving 43% of its revenue from ICE contracts and CoreCivic receiving 30%, while over 70,000 people remain detained across 225 facilities.
Sources
- Meet the Lobbyists Behind Migrant Detention
migrantinsider.com·Mar 16, 2026·archived copy
- Private Prison Contractors Spend Millions on Lobbying, Get Billions in Immigration Detention Contracts
notus.org·Jan 26, 2026·archived copy
- Private prison giant GEO Group ramps up lobbying on immigrant surveillance
opensecretsnews.wpcomstaging.com·Jul 25, 2024·archived copy
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