WASHINGTON – A group of Democrats led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin is seeking an investigation into alleged connections between high-ranking Trump administration officials and companies vying for billions of dollars in immigration contracts. 

In a letter sent on Dec 8 to the inspectors general for the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defence, Ms Warren, Mr Raskin and seven other Democratic members of Congress express concern that immigration contractors are “potentially receiving lucrative, no-bid contracts” because of their proximity to Trump administration officials.

The letter asks for an inquiry into personal, professional and financial ties between those officials and contractors. 

It specifically calls out border czar Tom Homan, who previously ran a firm that said it could help companies win government contracts.

Prior to joining the administration, Mr Homan

allegedly accepted US$50,000 (S$64,850) in cash

from undercover FBI agents on the promise that if Mr Trump took office he would steer contracts to certain companies, according to the letter and reporting from other news outlets.

Earlier in 2025, after Mr Trump took office, the Department of Justice and FBI closed an investigation into the alleged misconduct, with officials calling it a “deep state” probe.

Mr Homan had said he would recuse himself from anything having to do with government contracts when he joined the administration. 

However, he has since been involved in talks during the military contracting process that is being used to dole out some of the US$45 billion Congress allocated for immigration detention, Bloomberg reported in September.

Some of the companies looking to win those contra...