ICE committed $1.23 billion to its top contractor, whose CEO and family gave Trump's campaign $460,000
CSI Aviation takes more ICE contract money than any other company, and its ICE revenue rose 238% to $1.23 billion in the first year of Trump's second term.
What happened
A POGO Investigates/Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis, published 2026-02-17, of USAspending.gov data found CSI Aviation's ICE obligations rose from $363.9M to $1.23 billion between the year before and after Trump's January 20, 2025 inauguration. CEO Allen Weh, his wife and daughter contributed $460,000 to Trump's 2024 campaign, and the company hosted a Trump rally days before the election. The figure is what ICE agreed to pay for the period (contract obligations); the company's corporate counsel says "nothing could be further from the truth", partly because it was already serving the Department of Homeland Security under the Biden administration. Public-cost figure, not money to the Trump family.
Why it matters
A company whose CEO and family gave Trump's campaign $460,000 got more ICE contract money than any other in Trump's first year back: $1.23 billion, up 238%. "Their support appears to have paid off," POGO wrote. Charles Tiefer, a University of Baltimore law professor and contracting expert, put it harder: "When the connection between giving Trump money and getting contracts is so direct and clear, you are not talking about inefficiency or waste anymore. You are talking about corruption." Taxpayers pay for it. The Project On Government Oversight's analysis of the contract data does not show that the donations bought the contracts, and the company denies any link.