ICE Detention Center Captain 'joined a neo-Nazi website and wanted to start a local white nationalist group' - as it is revealed he has been placed on administrative leave
- Travis Frey, 31, does currently work at the Nevada Southern Detention Center, which is contracted by ICE and run by CoreCivic
- CoreCivic is a private company that operates several ICE facilities.
- Frey was placed on leave after it was revealed that he joined the neo-Nazi site Iron March in 2013
- It was also learned that he posted at least a dozen times from 2016 to 2017 while working at a CoreCivic facility in Indianapolis
- According to a now deleted LinkedIn page, Frey was in the Marines from 2006 to 2009
- He has spent the past decade working in corrections or immigrant detention in Georgia, California, Indiana and Nevada
- The Nevada Southern Detention Center - where Frey has worked since 2018 - is located roughly 62 miles from Las Vegas in Pahrump, Nevada
A senior employee of a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada has been placed on administrative leave after it was revealed that he was active on a neo-Nazi website and had ambitions of starting his own local white nationalist group.
Travis Frey, 31, does currently work at the Nevada Southern Detention Center, which is contracted by ICE and run by CoreCivic. CoreCivic is a private company that operates several ICE facilities.
Frey was placed on leave after a report from Vice News detailed how he joined the neo-Nazi site Iron March in 2013 and posted at least a dozen times from 2016 to 2017 while working at a CoreCivic facility in Indianapolis.
Travis Frey, 31, does currently work at the Nevada Southern Detention Center, which is contracted by ICE and run by CoreCivic
'The employee in question has been placed on administrative leave while we review the information that has come to light,' said Amanda Gilchrist, director of public affairs at CoreCivic.
'We recognize the inherent dignity of the human person and the need to treat every individual with respect.'
When posting on the site, Frey used the screen name 'In Hoc Signo Vinces' - which is the title of the American Nazi Party's manifesto.
In a late 206 post, Frey used homophobic slurs when talking about a specific person - who was unnamed.
He was placed on administrative leave after it was discovered that he had been writing post on the Iron March website
When posting on the site, Frey used the screen name 'In Hoc Signo Vinces' - which is the title of the American Nazi Party's manifesto
'Deep down no one really gives a shit about racism,' Frey stated. 'This is just empty signaling from this faggot.'
Frey expressed interest in starting a chapter of the Traditionalist Worker Party in June 2017. The now-defunct white nationalist organization was instrumental in organizing the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
According to a now deleted LinkedIn page, Frey was in the Marines from 2006 to 2009. He has spent the past decade working in corrections or immigrant detention in Georgia, California, Indiana and Nevada.
The Nevada Southern Detention Center - where Frey has worked since 2018 - is located roughly 62 miles from Las Vegas in Pahrump, Nevada.
The facility has an average daily population of 189.
Frey expressed interest in starting a chapter of the Traditionalist Worker Party in June 2017. The now-defunct white nationalist organization was instrumental in organizing the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville
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