Ximena Bustillo
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Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
Ventrella most recently worked for the department overseeing contracts between ICE and various detention facilities.
He previously worked for ICE during the Obama and George W. Bush administrations.
He left the agency to work for GeoGroup, a private prison company that contracts with the federal government for immigration detention.
The selection comes as leadership at DHS, led by new Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen, are looking to shift away from controversial surges of enforcement and build up detention and deportation capacity.
Ventrella will inherit a much larger workforce.
About 12,000 new employees were added in the last year.
Congressional Republicans gave ICE $75 billion last summer, about half to spend on detention space.
Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
Ventrella most recently worked for the department overseeing contracts between ICE and various detention facilities.
He previously worked for ICE during the Obama and George W. Bush administrations.
He left the agency to work for GeoGroup, a private prison company that contracts with the federal government for immigration detention.
The selection comes as leadership at DHS led by new secretary Mark Wayne Mullen are looking to shift away from controversial surges of enforcement and build up detention and deportation capacity.
Ventrella will inherit a much larger workforce.
About 12,000 new employees were added in the last year.
Congressional Republicans gave ICE $75 billion last summer, about half to spend on the tension space.
Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
White House Border Czar Tom Homan kicked off the expo, and while the focus of this event is on the technology, equipment, and policies that secure the borders of the U.S., Homan took the opportunity to also tout the administration's continued goal of mass deportations.