As For-Profit Companies Battle Over ICE Contracts, Immigrants Are Caught in the Middle

This story is a collaboration between Mother Jones, POGO Investigates, and the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. William Walters is fighting to hang on to a massive government contract. Since last year, Walters’ firm—Salus Worldwide Solutions—has been running a high-profile Trump administration program that offers free flights and cash to undocumented immigrants who agree…