Federal judge questions Leavenworth’s attempt to block CoreCivic immigration detention center - Butler County Times-Gazette

Federal judge questions Leavenworth’s attempt to block CoreCivic immigration detention center - Butler County Times-Gazette

By Morgan ChilsonKansas Reflector TOPEKA — CoreCivic will know by Friday whether it will have to delay plans to begin holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in June at its Leavenworth facility. The city of Leavenworth in March filed suit in U.S. District Court asking for an injunction barring CoreCivic from moving forward on a contract with ICE to turn its closed Leavenworth prison into an immigrant detention facility. The city al…