As 10-year contract to run Tacoma ICE center ends, lawmakers demand transparency for the next

As 10-year contract to run Tacoma ICE center ends, lawmakers demand transparency for the next Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez September 26, 2025 / 3:33 pm

The contract to run the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma is up for renewal this week. As the current contract between ICE and the private prison company GEO Group expires, lawmakers are pushing for transparency after years of human rights concerns at the facility.

Both ICE and GEO Group declined to comment on the status of the contract. But in the company's August earnings call, GEO Group Executive Chairman George Zoley told investors the future looks lucrative for immigrant lockup centers nationwide.

GEO Group expects to land additional contracts with ICE that are part of the $45 billion dollars Congress earmarked this year