Rachel Adams-Heard

BREAKING: Quick Health, the telemarketing outfit we wrote about last week, has been indicted along with top executives on charges of ripping off tens of thousands of Americans with "false, misleading, and deceptive sales practices."

SAVE THE DATE: What are the economic and labor impacts of Trump’s immigration and deportation policies? And what can we expect with the significant ICE funding increase? Bloomberg journalists answer your questions in a Live Q&A on July 23. Tune in: bloom.bg/4lKutQq

The Trump admin awarded a $1.3 billion contract to erect a 5,000 bed tent camp in what will be the largest immigration detention facility in the country. w/ @FolaAk @racheladhe bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The Trump admin is sending ICE, FBI, DEA and other armed agents to do “wellness checks” at the homes of immigrant children. A lawyer for one of the kids told me that her client was “terrified” by the experience bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/@racheladhe

We've dropped the paywall on all of our flood coverage at @TexasMonthly. Our journalists have been in the field with first responders, former campers, and those affected since last week. There are so many stories that deserve telling. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Texas officials have long worried about the dangers to children who packed into camps each summer along the flood-prone Guadalupe River. They knew that warning systems were inadequate. So why was nothing done? We have reviewed documents spanning a decade to find answers. 🧵 1/9

How did Fla. build a 1,000 bed migrant detention facility in 8 days? It ordered its hurricane relief contractors to get to work Here are the companies working on Alligator Alcatraz, which opens today. @SmithMarkets @racheladhe 🎁: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW: As Trump heads to Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz," we have a look at the emergency contractors that are getting paid to build and operate the detention facility -- something they have little to no experience doing w/ @SmithMarkets and @sooo__phie bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ICE has tapped 41 companies to compete for some of the $45 billion earmarked for a massive expansion of immigration detention space, including at least 9 that offer tent facilities w/ @sooo__phie and @FolaAk bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US Senator Martin Heinrich is calling on ICE to shut down the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico, citing a recent staff visit he said confirmed conditions had deteriorated bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW w/ @FolaAk: ICE is moving to DNA-test families being targeted for deportation with a new contract worth up to $25 million bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

On today’s Big Take podcast: Private detention facilities are key to Trump’s immigration crackdown. @racheladhe and @FolaAk go inside the towns that can’t quit them. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Another exceptional story by Bloomberg and @racheladhe on ICE detention. bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

ADDICTED TO ICE: Small, rural communities are convinced their economic well-being depends on ICE contracts that keep private jails open for immigration detention -- no matter what happens inside bloom.bg/4j28jqp

NEW: ICE is transferring people to detention facilities across the US at a rate we haven't seen in over a decade of data. Read our story about the rising cost for detainees and US taxpayers: w/ @LeonYin @elena___mejia @polly & @JasonKao bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

The Trump administration wants to use jail-like facilities to hold some children who cross the border without their parents bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w/@racheladhe

Calling people who have experience with immigration contractors in the US! We're talking companies that build tents, operate deportation flights, provide security, etc. We want to hear from you: bmedia.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9L…

Whistleblowers accuse ICE, CoreCivic of covering up poor conditions at a migrant detention center with a troubled history bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics

a $100 fine

Javier Loya, the co-CEO of Houston-based OTC Global Holdings and a minority owner of the Texans, will pay a $100 fine to drop a first-degree rape charge and six charges of sexual assault via @lkassai bloomberg.com/news/articles/…