Held nothing. Billed everything.
GAO documents tens of millions wasted on a detention expansion with no plan: warehouses that held zero detainees, tents never used, a rate 171% above normal.
Source article: GAO finds ICE wasted tens of millions on detention expansion.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- government
- Primary entities
- US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Government Accountability Office, Department of Homeland Security, Alligator Alcatraz, Donald Trump, Congress
- Themes
- Government accountability, Immigration detention, Federal spending
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, human_life_and_dignity