Philadelphia activists protest Enterprise’s complicity with ICE

NO ICE Philadelphia activists delivered a message on Feb. 16 to Enterprise Rent-A-Car, a company helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) abduct our migrant neighbors and terrorize communities by renting vehicles to federal agents.

Prior to a planned protest, Enterprise shut down their office inside the busy 30th Street Train Station. Police, transit and homeland security officers kept both protesters and travelers without Amtrak tickets from going inside. Their actions revealed that our message to them was delivered loud and clear: “Cut your contracts with ICE and stand with our communities!”

In Minnesota, Enterprise has rented over 1,000 vehicles to federal agents to facilitate the abduction of our migrant neighbors and attacks on protesters.

In response, according to Business Insider Jan. 23, organizers encouraged activists to disrupt Enterprise’s operations by reserving rental cars and then canceling the bookings shortly before pickup. Participants were told to “please be polite to employees when you contact them.” The tactic is designed to draw attention to the company’s cooperation with ICE and strain vehicle availability that could be utilized by immigration agents.

Anti-ICE organizers also called for Feb. 16 worldwide protests against the car rental company, calling on Enterprise to refuse to rent to federal immigration agents.

Enterprise, other companies profit from ICE kidnappings

Privately owned by the Taylor family of St. Louis, Enterprise boasts on its “Enterprise Mobility” web page that it is the world’s largest car rental company with more than 80,000 workers in over 90 countries and $30 billion in revenue in 2025.

Enterprise has a contract with the U.S. General Services Administration allowing federal employees doing “official government business [to] receive rates and mileage packages that extend all the benefits of this agreement. In addition to official government rates, federal government renters also receive the following benefits: unlimited mileage in the continental U.S. (or Canada); physical damage protection and 3rd party liability protection; a full tank of gas upon pick up.” (gsa.gov)

A Jan. 26 article in Forbes listed some of the other corporations that have been awarded profitable contracts with ICE and the Department of Homeland Security which include:

Palantir The tech and analytics software provider was awarded $139.3 million in 2022 to assist “investigative case management operations,” maintenance support and “custom enhancements.”

AT&T: The telecommunications giant was awarded $90.7 million in 2021 to provide ICE with IT (Information Technology), network products and support in a contract set to expire in September, though it includes a potential end date of 2032 that could push the deal’s value to $165.2 million.

Deloitte: ICE has awarded the consulting firm several multiyear contracts in recent years, including a $24 million contract in 2023 to provide “data modernization support” through 2027.

Dell: The company’s government contracting arm was awarded $18.8 million in April 2025 to support the office of ICE’s chief information officer “through the purchase of the Microsoft Enterprise software licenses.”

Motorola Solutions: A separate firm from the cell phone maker Motorola Mobility that produces walkie-talkies and video surveillance systems, Motorola Solutions was awarded a $15.6 million contract in September 2023 to “implement and maintain” ICE’s tactical communication infrastructure.

General Dynamics: The defense firm holds a $9.6 million contract with ICE to provide “background investigative services.”

L3 Harris Technologies: Defense contractor L3 Harris was awarded a $4.4 million contract with ICE in 2022 to provide equipment to “determine the location of targeted mobile handsets to investigate crimes and threats.”

FedEx: The mail carrier will provide delivery services for ICE through March 2027 in a contract valued at $2.3 million.

Comcast: The company holds an ICE award valued at $60,965.64 to provide the agency with broadcast cable at five “regional wire rooms.”

Charter Communications: The company provides cable and internet services for ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations field office in Beaumont, Texas, in a contract valued at $12,837, which may expand to $21,839 and extend until 2028.

(Source for the above ICE and DHS contracts: www.usaspending.gov)