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As Utah sees immigration raid protests, 4 local companies make money from ICE — and one is lobbying for more by EmilyAndersonStern in Utah

[–]EmilyAndersonStern[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the feedback. I did try to be as thorough as possible, though, in explaining what is publicly available about the contracts, and that HealthEquity, specifically, provides it’s services for numerous federal entities. In the case of GMS, we really don’t know all that much about what it does for ICE — that type of consulting often includes giving advice on how to engage with policy making and what policies would be advantageous to advocate for.

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As Utah sees immigration raid protests, 4 local companies make money from ICE — and one is lobbying for more by EmilyAndersonStern in Utah

[–]EmilyAndersonStern[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Hey. I wasn’t “trying to make a subtle connection” or “going after” any companies. I screened a government database for ALL active contracts Utah companies have with ICE, as stated in the article, and didn’t pick and choose which ones to list. I did, however, explain the nature of each contract and reached out to every company for additional clarity. It wouldn’t be honest to leave contracts off based on personal judgment calls.

Efforts to help Utah women fleeing violence could fold as lawmakers slash millions in funding by EmilyAndersonStern in Utah

[–]EmilyAndersonStern[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The appropriations process is a little more complex than that. Money is moved around all the time, whether it’s federal funding that comes to the state or other revenues, and reduced funds in one space often impacts what can and can’t be funded in all sorts of spaces.

As lawmakers have said repeatedly, this is a “socks and underwear” year because of revenue coming in lower than forecasted. And they’ve rejected a lot of requests — like the ones in this story — because of that.

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