Trump taps David Venturella, former private prison executive, to lead ICE

The Department of Homeland Security has announced that David Venturella will become the new acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Venturella, a former executive at GEO Group, will replace Todd Lyons who is leaving the government. GEO Group has seen its stock price rise due to lucrative contracts for detention infrastructure, including a $1bn agreement to open a facility in Newark. Venturella's hiring has been criticized as a "classic example of the revolving-door phenomena" due to his intimate knowledge of ICE.