El Paso County should stop profiting from detaining people on immigration charges

El Paso County should stop profiting from detaining people on immigration charges

Congress passed, and President Trump signed, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” allocating over $170 billion for border security and immigration enforcement. Increased funding means more ICE agents on the streets, more arrests and detentions made, and more people incarcerated as they await legal proceedings.  Octavio Dominguez In fact, $13.5 billion is allocated to reimburse states and localities for immigration and border-related enforcement ac…