Skip to main content
Publication formatPublication format

Money trail · Transportation + removal

Detention Receipts

ICE has committed $1.15 billion to chartered removal flights this fiscal year

$1.6B

Current award amount

Exactly $1,568,796,000.00

  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementawards toCSI AVIATION, INC
  • CSI Aviationnamed on award forNot established in sources currently indexed

A single call order to CSI Aviation under the ICE Air programme opened at $300 million on October 31, 2025 and had been funded to $1.15 billion by July 29, 2026. It is the largest award in this ledger, and it buys movement, not beds.

Obligated

$1.2B

Money legally committed under the award.

Outlayed

$668.7M

Money actually paid out so far.

Potential value

$1.8B

Ceiling if every option is exercised. Never added to the amounts above.

Current period ends

October 31, 2026

Award ID CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FC0000001_7012_70CDCR24A00000001_7012

Observed in the cited recordDoes not establish:It does not establish how many flights were flown, how many people were aboard, or where any flight went.

Source: USAspending.gov, Award CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FC0000001 — CSI Aviation, ICE Air chartered flight services · CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FC0000001_7012_70CDCR24A00000001_7012 · published 2025-10-31

Award figures as of August 20, 2026. Record verified August 20, 2026.

Money trail frame as text

  1. Money trail. ICE has committed $1.15 billion to chartered removal flights this fiscal year.

  2. A single call order to CSI Aviation under the ICE Air programme opened at $300 million on October 31, 2025 and had been funded to $1.15 billion by July 29, 2026. It is the largest award in this ledger, and it buys movement, not beds.

  3. Current award amount: $1.6B. Exactly $1,568,796,000.00

  4. Obligated: $1.2B. Money legally committed under the award.

  5. Outlayed: $668.7M. Money actually paid out so far.

  6. Potential value: $1.8B. Ceiling if every option is exercised. Never added to the amounts above.

  7. Current period ends: October 31, 2026. Award ID CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FC0000001_7012_70CDCR24A00000001_7012

  8. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — awards to — CSI AVIATION, INC.

  9. CSI Aviation — named on award for — Not established in sources currently indexed.

  10. Evidence state: Observed in the cited record.

  11. Does not establish: It does not establish how many flights were flown, how many people were aboard, or where any flight went.

  12. Source: USAspending.gov, Award CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FC0000001 — CSI Aviation, ICE Air chartered flight services.

  13. Award figures as of August 20, 2026. Record verified August 20, 2026.

Source link: USAspending.gov — Award CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FC0000001 — CSI Aviation, ICE Air chartered flight services