Democratic lawmakers press Trump's border czar on potential conflicts

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/democratic-lawmakers-press-trump-s-border-czar-on-potential-conflicts/ar-AA1Lg27Y

Democratic lawmakers press Trump’s border czar on potential conflicts

Story by Douglas MacMillan

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In a letter to Homan on Monday evening, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) and two other lawmakers asked for documents and communications pertaining to Homan’s consulting work for Geo Group, a private prison operator which oversees a large portion of the nation’s immigrant detainees and has won lucrative new contracts from Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Homan’s appointment this year. Raskin’s office shared a copy of the letter with The Post.

Before he joined the administration, Homan earned an undisclosed sum consulting for Geo, according to an ethics disclosure reported by The Post earlier this year. Ethics rules require the disclosure of contracts of $5,000 or more but do not require disclosure of the contact amount.

“As Border Czar, you are uniquely positioned to help your former business client reap a huge windfall from the Trump Administration’s spending on immigration enforcement,” Raskin, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said in the letter, which was also signed by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (Washington) and Jasmine Crockett (Texas).

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The lawmakers also asked Homan about his role in hiring David Venturella, a former Geo Group executive. Venturella is now the No. 2 official overseeing the ICE division that manages contracts for immigrant detention centers. According to The Post’s reporting earlier this month, Homan approached Venturella about joining ICE despite a federal ethics rule that generally bars government employees from working on contracts awarded to their former employers for one year.

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1. More than just "documents and communications pertaining to Homan's consulting work" ...

let's have a look at his financial statements, including what stocks in for profit prisons he might have.

When people take positions where they can influence policies that influence profits of businesses affected by such policies, personal financial interests cannot be kept personal.

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2. K&R