Project Salt Box
Project Salt Box, Michael Wriston, m., Em KneppInvestigative reporting on the money and contracts behind immigration detention, grounded in the public record.
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Inside ICE's Plan to Stop Renting Detention Space and Start Building It
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement posted a solicitation on Thursday for a construction program worth up to $10 billion, a move to build and expand detention space on land the agency owns rather than lease it.
The solicitation begins...
DHS Reverses Course on Roxbury, N.J., Warehouse, Telling Court It May Convert the Site to Detention After All
Updated July 11, 2026, at 9:53 a.m. ET to include a statement from David Broderick, legal counsel for Project NINJA.
The Department of Homeland Security told a federal court Friday evening that it is reconsidering its decision to abandon p...
ICE asks contractors for 5,500 detention beds in four regions, gives industry a week to respond
Image: ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement asked private contractors Friday morning for at least 5,500 new detention beds across four regions of the country, in facilities that must start holding detainees within 30 days of a cont...
After Ditching Navy Contract, ICE Moves to Bring Detention Construction In-House
Photo: SCFC2011 via Wikimedia Commons. Logo: DHS. Illustration: Michael Wriston
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to award its own construction contract to expand the detention campuses it owns — and possibly to build new ones...
Follow the Money - June 2026: Warehouse Scheme Unravels While CBP Issues Historic Border Wall Award
Bottom Line Up Front
CBP awards record-setting border wall contract: Customs and Border Protection issued what appears to be the largest border wall construction award in its history to Fisher Sand & Gravel - a whopping $2.5 billion fo...
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Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.
Independent data journalist and erstwhile photographer based in Baltimore, MD. Forever enamored by the liminal, the misunderstood, and the unconventional. Public record enthusiast at Project Salt Box. Views are my own.
Migrant, total liberationist, aspiring polyglot. Ardently, quietly, etc.
Independent researcher and writer with a focus on immigration enforcement and federal procurement. Views are my own.
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