Recent events
2026-06-15
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
DHS Office of Inspector General has not published a single audit specifically examining the use of protective orders, sealing orders, or classified designations to shield ICE's algorithmic deportation systems from…
2026-06-15
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
The $38 billion contract for ICE detention facilities is likely an IDIQ contract with multiple awardees, and USASpending will show the government-wide total including options that may never be exercised. The obligated…
2026-06-15
Other facts
INFERENTIAL
ICE contracts awarded via Other Transaction Authority (OTA) or GSA schedules do not require public reporting to USASpending in the same detail as competitively awarded contracts, creating a parallel transparency gap to…
2026-06-13
Transactions
PRIMARY
ICE received $11.3 billion budget for FY 2026, with 21,808 positions and 21,786 full-time equivalents
2026-03-15
Other facts
PRIMARY
ICE agents deployed to 13 airports to assist TSA during DHS shutdown
2026-02-28
Transactions
PRIMARY
ICE received $33 billion in OBBBA apportionments as of February 2026
2026-02-26
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
At least 155 ICE contractors have been paid a combined $14.5 billion by ICE while concurrently paying $53 billion in penalties for violations (fraud, labor, environmental) — the attribution of these contracts to DHS…
2026-02-26
Transactions
PRIMARY
At least 155 ICE contractors paid $53 billion in penalties while earning $14.5 billion from ICE contracts
2026-01-29
Other facts
PRIMARY
ICE contracts are filed under the Department of Homeland Security with ICE as a sub-component, confirmed by USASpending.gov data tracking ICE contract obligations and transactions
2026-01-01
Transactions
PRIMARY
ICE is contracting for over $38 billion for warehouses to open new mass detention camps
2026-01-01
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
The $38 billion in ICE detention facility contracts appropriated through OBBBA are filed under DHS as the awarding agency, with ICE as a sub-component that is inconsistently populated in USASpending sub-component…
2025-12-31
Transactions
PRIMARY
More than $24.8 billion apportioned for ICE detention facilities across FY2025 and FY2026
2025-09-30
Transactions
PRIMARY
ICE has given Palantir contracts of at least $248.3 million, including $88 million contract running September 2022-2025
2025-09-25
Transactions
PRIMARY
ICE awarded Palantir a $29.9 million task order on September 25, 2025 for ImmigrationOS support through September 2025
2025-09-01
Transactions
PRIMARY
Once in August and again in September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made contract awards of $99,999 related to law enforcement training to Team Carney
2025-09-01
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
ICE's use of $99,999 contracts (below the simplified acquisition threshold for mandatory FPDS reporting) for law enforcement training with Team Carney suggests a deliberate strategy to avoid full public procurement…
2025-09-01
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
At least two ICE contract awards to Team Carney of exactly $99,999 in August and September 2025 is consistent with a deliberate strategy to stay below the $100,000 simplified acquisition threshold for mandatory FPDS…
2025-07-15
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
The July 2025 CMS-ICE data-sharing agreement provides ICE with access to personally identifiable health information (PHI) of approximately 80 million Medicaid enrollees, creating the largest single federal database of…
2025-07-01
Transactions
PRIMARY
ICE and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services signed data-sharing agreement allowing ICE access to personal data of nearly 80 million Medicaid patients
2025-07-01
Transactions
PRIMARY
Congress allocated $75 billion to ICE over four years through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, approximately $18.7 billion per year
2025-06-15
Transactions
INFERENTIAL
No evidence in the established facts suggests ICE explicitly instructed contracting officers to award contracts under $100,000 to avoid transparency, but the pattern warrants investigation.
2025-04-11
Transactions
PRIMARY
Palantir received a $30 million payment from DHS ICE on April 11, 2025
2025-04-11
Transactions
PRIMARY
ICE paid Palantir $30 million on April 11, 2025
2025-04-01
Transactions
SECONDARY
Palantir received $30 million contract from ICE in April 2025 to build ImmigrationOS database
2025-04-01
Transactions
PRIMARY
ICE added nearly $30 million to a multiyear contract with Palantir in April 2025, bringing the total to $145 million in obligations
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