contractors

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A small army of staff and contractors pour into Starbase every day from neighboring areas, including Brownsville, the biggest city in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley and historically one of the poorest places in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Both facilities are owned and operated by the Geo Group Inc., one of the largest private prison and immigration detention contractors in the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The anti-graft watchdog had also separately arrested 23 people, including consultants, contractors and members of the owners' corporation of the complex.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The agency maintained networks of contractors and subcontractors, often smaller local groups that employed local community members.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The sandbagging on the ground-floor windows was reinforced, and civilian contractors were on the roofs checking the firmness of the chimney stacks and the concreted skylights.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan