Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown

Raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have made national headlines. But behind ICE’s operations, a sprawling web of private companies – from global powerhouses to niche family-run businesses – have secured hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts. Peter Andringa from the FT’s visual investigations team spent months crawling through federal documents and data sets to put together a picture of the companies that make up this web. Clips from ABC7 News Bay Area, CBS 6 Albany, C-SPAN, Donald J Trump, Fox 26 Houston, Fox Nashville, Fox News, NBC Connecticut, The New York Times The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading: Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown Trump’s immigration data dragnet The booming business of Trump’s deportation flights For further listening: Palantir’s relentless rise US uses private data to track immigrants - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Follow Peter Andringa on X ( @peterjandringa ), or on Bluesky ( @peter.andringa.me ) Michela Tindera is on X ( @mtindera07 ) and Bluesky ( @mtindera.ft.com ), or follow her on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown is an episode from Behind The Money with the Financial Times by Topher Forhecz.

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This episode was published on Feb 25, 2026.

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