The Tennessee companies profiting from the Trump administration’s immigration agenda

By: Anita Wadhwani

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: February 23, 2026

Words: 1,175

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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Brentwood, Tenn.-based AMI Metals, a global aerospace materials manufacturer, has inked a $1.5 billion deal with the federal government to provide “bulk steel for southwest border barrier construction projects.”

The contract, which has not previously been reported, is one of dozens struck with Tennessee-based companies in support of the Trump administration’s mass immigrant detention and deportation agenda since the current federal fiscal year began Oct. 1. Congress last year approval of a $75 million …

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