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Trump Czar OKs GEO Exec's ICE Ethics Waiver

5/14/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s czar granted David Venturella an ethics waiver despite his GEO Group consulting.
Venturella, who spent twelve years at GEO Group earning more than $6 million, was named acting director of ICE.
Critics note that GEO Group is U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s largest detention contractor, that ICE closed its investigation office, and that one-third of sixty-thousand detainees are in GEO facilities amid record deaths.

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s czar granted David Venturella an ethics waiver despite his GEO Group consulting.
Venturella, who spent twelve years at GEO Group earning more than $6 million, was named acting director of ICE.
Critics note that GEO Group is U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s largest detention contractor, that ICE closed its investigation office, and that one-third of sixty-thousand detainees are in GEO facilities amid record deaths.