For every $1 that the three largest immigration deportation and prison companies donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private contractors stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue in 2026, according to damning new research.

This epic payout, thanks to GOP leaders’ accelerated taxpayer spending on border enforcement and imprisonment, comes as a sweeping new congressional research report finds that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has for years failed to ensure that such contractors provide standard medical care for detainees.

From August 2023 to August 2024, the Government Accountability Office, Congress’s independent, nonpartisan research arm, found that “57 percent of adults with a potential illness or injury and 20 percent of pregnant individuals did not receive medical assessments” during their detentions at Border Patrol–contracted facilities — a violation of the agency’s policies. Additionally, the research office found that CBP “had not provided agents and officers training on recognizing medical distress in children.”

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