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Trump’s New ICE Director Gets INSTANTLY EXPOSED over PAST TIES

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Trump’s new acting ICE director, David Venturella, is a former senior executive at GEO Group β€” ICE’s single largest private prison contractor. He needed an ethics waiver to take the job. They gave it to him. Former prosecutor Melba Pearson breaks down the revolving door, the $520 million in contracts, the 700% profit spike, and what this appointment signals for the 60,000 people currently in detention.

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