A recent map of federal contractors working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement included one company from Charlottesville, drawing local attention on social media amid ICE’s brutal actions in Minneapolis and other American cities.
On January 16, the news site Sludge mapped every U.S. company that has begun or expanded contracts with ICE since President Donald Trump’s January 20, 2025, inauguration. Using data from USAspending.gov, the map listed more than $3 million in ICE contracts for Charlottesville-based GovSmart, Inc.
CEO Brent Lillard co-founded GovSmart with CFO Hamza Durrani in 2009. Lillard says the company handles more than $500 million in orders from local, state, and federal agencies each year, and regularly contributes to a host of local and national charities, including a $13,000 donation in 2021 to help clients at The Haven obtain ID documents…