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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump loyalist Jim Jordan linked to group that received 'dark money' from ICE detention contractor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/jim-jordan-super-pac-ice-donationTrump loyalist Jim Jordan linked to group that received dark money from ICE detention contractor
Report finds close ties between the Trump administration and Geo Group, which profits from anti-immigration crackdown
Stephen Starr in Dayton, Ohio
Sat 20 Jun 2026 11.00 EDT
The report found that the American Liberty Foundation, a political action committee (Pac) tied to Jordan, last year received $250,000 in dark money payments from Geo Group, the Florida-headquartered company that runs dozens of detention centers on behalf of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the country.
The money transfer came 11 days after the passing of the presidents One Big Beautiful Bill Act last July, which saw the federal governments budget for ICE and other immigration enforcement efforts trebled to $170bn an amount greater than the GDP of Morocco.
A company and or a companys political action committee is permitted to contribute funds to a Super Pac, but a federal contractor [such as Geo Group] is not, says Nick Schwellenbach, the author of the Pogo Investigates report.
Geo Groups Pachad not disclosed this. Only American Liberty Foundation had. Both have legal obligations to disclose. This raises a lot of questions about the broader universe of dark money contributions from Geo Group or other private prison companies.
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Trump loyalist Jim Jordan linked to group that received 'dark money' from ICE detention contractor (Original Post)
cbabe
5 hrs ago
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malaise
(299,372 posts)1. Important
K & R
The system is corruot beyond belief
demosincebirth
(12,842 posts)3. It's just the tip of the iceberg in the Republican Party.
sakabatou
(46,519 posts)2. The corruption... IT NEVER ENDS!
2naSalit
(104,644 posts)4. We're quickly...
Approaching the point where that's all it is, pure corruption.
malaise
(299,372 posts)6. Same here
Rec
BComplex
(10,010 posts)5. Don't we have anyone running against him in November?
If you don't run, you can't win. We need a private organization PAC that starts our own grassroots 50-State-Solution. The DNC doesn't seem to see any point in it.