U.S. Spent $2.2 Billion On Immigration Detention Centers

“The Trump administration’s new strategy of purchasing privately owned detention centers has already flooded one company with cash, and it’s worrying immigration advocates that it will upend local oversight efforts,” NOTUS reports.

“Over the past two months, the Department of Homeland Security has purchased four lockups in California, Minnesota and Kansas totaling $2.2 billion from CoreCivic, one of two major players in the immigration detention industry.”

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