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🧵 We've been digging into the genesis of these 'mobile detention facilities' to find out whether the idea is new or has been in the works a while. So we went through the solicitation's attachments and their metadata. The file describing them lists a GEO Group executive vice president as its author.

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Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities." n.pr/3VK3Jam

n.prICE is looking into 'mobile detention facilities'Buried in the paperwork for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's expansion in Pennsylvania is a document requesting "mobile detention facilities."

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First, a quick file topography. ICE posted its turnkey detention solicitation to SAM.gov on Aug. 28, with attachments spelling out requirements for four regions: Denver, Miami, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

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Attachment 10 covers ICE's general transportation requirements, which apply to all four. Its metadata lists Benjamin Shih as author, matching a senior acquisition policy analyst in DHS's Office of the Chief Procurement Officer. Created Aug. 28, 2026, the day the solicitation posted.

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Attachment 10c lists the routes a Philadelphia-area contractor would drive, moving detainees between jails, courts and airports across the region. Its author is Ashley Neill, which does not match a contracting officer, but does match a GEO Group VP of operations. The file was created Dec. 10, 2025.

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Attachment 10c1 is the one describing "mobile detention facilities" as an enhanced transportation requirement. Its author is Jennifer Houston, which again matches GEO's executive vice president of client relations. It was created Dec. 11, 2025, more than eight months before the solicitation posted.