An agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and Georgia's Charlton County to issue a $47 million expansion of an immigrant detention center quickly came to a halt this week after the infamous Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reviewed the contract.
The multi-million dollar contract was flagged for review under a federal policy that requires all DHS contracts worth more than $20 million to be reviewed by DOGE, which was formerly led by billionaire Elon Musk. The contract would have created the largest immigration detention center in the country and a potential hub for housing immigrants arrested throughout the southeast, according to The Washington Post.
