EXCLUSIVE: DHS Sec. Mayorkas ordered internal review of massive immigration contract, emails reveal
Internal emails obtained through a lawsuit filed by the American Accountability Foundation in 2021 and shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner revealed that Mayorkas had called for a look at how the noncompeted $530 million award was paid out. The Biden administration failed to turn over documents in the matter despite AAF's Freedom of Information Act requests.
“The email from the Secretary underscores that even he knew this contract was highly suspect and likely subject to inappropriate influence," Jones wrote in an email."Further, it seems to underscore his ignorance of this important contract and that he was concerned that people within his agency were awarding multi-tens of million dollar contracts without the top leadership of the agency signing off.
In its rush to respond to the influx of immigrants who came across the southern border shortly after President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, the Biden administration signed two no-bid deals with Endeavors to house immigrants in private facilities for more than $600 million. Until this point, Endeavors had never received a contract from HHS or the DHS and had no experience caring for immigrants or ever been awarded a federal contract over $2 million.
Government contracts are supposed to be awarded through an open, competitive process outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Pushed for why it did not do so, ICE later cited "unusual and compelling urgency" as the reason for not going through the normal steps.
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