Dan Friedman Bio Dan Friedman is a senior reporter in Mother Jones' DC bureau. Latest Work DHS Contractors Battle Over Deportation Dollars Migrants are caught in the middle as rival companies fight over immigration enforcement contracts while alleging the procurement system is rigged. August 3, 2026 By Dan Friedman, Will Sytsma, and Nick Schwellenbach Top Homeland Security Democrat Demands Cancellation of Massive DHS Self-Deportation Contract Rep. Bennie Thompson cited reporting by Mother Jones and POGO on contractor Salus Worldwide. July 14, 2026 By Dan Friedman and Nick Schwellenbach Unraveling the Corporate Ties to DHS's “Big, Beautiful Jet” The luxury 737 that recently ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem flew on is connected to a DHS contractor who received “an appearance of favoritism.” March 10, 2026 By Nick Schwellenbach and Dan Friedman Border Czar’s Former Clients Cash in on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown “So we’ve been trying to get access to Tom Homan…” December 8, 2025 By Dan Friedman, Russ Choma, and Nick Schwellenbach Massive DHS “Self-Deportation” Contract Challenged as Secretive and “Unlawful” The “rushed” deal worth up to $915 million was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges. October 10, 2025 By Dan Friedman and Nick Schwellenbach
DHS Contractors Battle Over Deportation Dollars Migrants are caught in the middle as rival companies fight over immigration enforcement contracts while alleging the procurement system is rigged. August 3, 2026 By Dan Friedman, Will Sytsma, and Nick Schwellenbach
Top Homeland Security Democrat Demands Cancellation of Massive DHS Self-Deportation Contract Rep. Bennie Thompson cited reporting by Mother Jones and POGO on contractor Salus Worldwide. July 14, 2026 By Dan Friedman and Nick Schwellenbach
Unraveling the Corporate Ties to DHS's “Big, Beautiful Jet” The luxury 737 that recently ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem flew on is connected to a DHS contractor who received “an appearance of favoritism.” March 10, 2026 By Nick Schwellenbach and Dan Friedman
Border Czar’s Former Clients Cash in on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown “So we’ve been trying to get access to Tom Homan…” December 8, 2025 By Dan Friedman, Russ Choma, and Nick Schwellenbach
Massive DHS “Self-Deportation” Contract Challenged as Secretive and “Unlawful” The “rushed” deal worth up to $915 million was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges. October 10, 2025 By Dan Friedman and Nick Schwellenbach