Elizabeth Warren demands ICE acting director disclose financial ties to private prison contractor GEO Group
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Sophie Hurwitz
3d ago· 4 min readenNews
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Summary
Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to David Venturella, the new acting director of ICE, demanding disclosure of any financial conflicts of interest related to his previous employment at GEO Group, a private prison company that is a major ICE contractor. Warren raises concerns about whether ICE enforcement priorities are being influenced by the financial interests of private detention contractors rather than public safety.
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Mr. Venturella spent more than a decade working for GEO Group, one of the largest private prison companies in the country and a major ICE contractor.
The American people deserve to know whether the person leading ICE is putting the financial interests of his former employer ahead of the public interest.
Donald Trump's pick to lead the agency spent more than a decade at GEO Group.
