{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a13c15d-181a-4a2e-a662-739d0e7f731a/699e091f123f974082f995ff?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown","description":"<p>Raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have made national headlines. But behind ICE’s operations, a sprawling web of private companies – from global powerhouses to niche family-run businesses – have secured hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts. Peter Andringa from the FT’s visual investigations team spent months crawling through federal documents and data sets to put together a picture of the companies that make up this web.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Clips from ABC7 News Bay Area, CBS 6 Albany, C-SPAN, Donald J Trump, Fox 26 Houston, Fox Nashville, Fox News, NBC Connecticut, The New York Times</p><p><br></p><p>The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts.</p><p><br></p><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>For further reading:&nbsp;</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/c74170d3-237d-459c-8642-bfd71530897d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ig.ft.com/us-ice-surveillance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump’s immigration data dragnet</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ig.ft.com/us-deportation-flights\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The booming business of Trump’s deportation flights</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>For further listening:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/33e43b0b-c004-4ed2-b2db-8874b41ac275\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Palantir’s relentless rise</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/540dd0d5-a3b2-4482-adde-f88a734260ad\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">US uses private data to track immigrants</a></p><p><br></p><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Peter Andringa on X (<a href=\"https://x.com/peterjandringa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@peterjandringa</a>), or on Bluesky (<a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/peter.andringa.me\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@peter.andringa.me</a>)&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ft.com/michela-tindera\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Michela Tindera</a> is on X (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/mtindera07\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@mtindera07</a>) and Bluesky (<a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/mtindera.ft.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@mtindera.ft.com</a>), or follow her on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/e866adaf-07c6-4be1-b543-e3aafc2ef116\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}