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facilities. He previously worked for ICE during the Obama and George W. Bush administrations. He left the agency in 2012 to work for [Geo Group](https://www.npr.org/2026/02/23/nx-s1-5724008/if-you-can-keep-it-the-private-companies-profiting-off-ice), a private prison company that contracts with
facilities. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/07/g-s1-120834/trump-immigration-detention-ombudsman-shutdown) ### [Immigration](https://www.npr.org/sections/immigration) ### [DHS blames funding lapse