The Latest Breaking News from POGO

ICE Spending Nears $5.4bn: Donor Firms Receive Billions as Deaths in Detention Centres Climb

ICE spending reached £4.6bn ($5.4bn) in one year, with top donor-linked contractors receiving most funds amid rising deaths in detention centres.

International Business Times UK · Feb 24

Migrants Rarely Caught With Drugs at U.S.-Mexico Border, Contrary to Trump Admin Claims; Report

CBP data collected by Project On Government Oversight (POGO) revealed that the majority of drug seizures involved U.S. citizens—83% in fiscal year 2024, 80% in 2023 and 83% in 2022

Latin Times · May 19, 2025

'He Was a Very Sick Man': Migrant Dies of Untreated HIV in 'Deadly' Arizona ICE Facility, Report Reveals

The man allegedly died after being detained in an ICE facility for months without treatment, raising alarms about systematic medical neglect amid expansion plans.

Latin Times · Apr 13, 2025

Over 300 Oath Keepers at DHS: report

House Homeland Security chair sounds the alarm on "extremism within our government"

Salon · Dec 14, 2022

Millions of PPP Loans Were Flagged as Potentially Fraudulent. Many Were Never Investigated.

A new report takes an illustrative look inside the Small Business Administration, which was clearly overwhelmed by the obligation to push unprecedented piles of money out the door quickly.

Reason · Oct 6, 2022

Trump watchdog knew agents deleted texts

DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, a former Republican advisor, previously quashed Secret Service probes

Salon · Jul 21, 2022

DeJoy may have new conflict of interest

Justice Department urged to investigate after watchdog group found DeJoy owns stock in Abbott Laboratories

Salon · Apr 1, 2022