US EditionMilitary Contractors Pitch Prison Plan for Immigrants
- The ACLU revealed plans for expanding ICE detention centers in 10 states, which could cost up to $45 billion, highlighting potential misconduct at these facilities.
- Private detention facilities are banned in Illinois since 2019, but the Trump administration pushes for expansion despite state laws.
- Advocates argue that spending on detention diverts funds from essential services like health care and education, affecting immigrant families.
- The Illinois Way Forward Act prohibits the establishment of private immigration detention facilities, creating legal obstacles for the expansion plans.
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Military Contractors Pitch Prison Plan for Immigrants
“Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a team of defense contractors are pitching the White House on a plan to vastly expand deportations to El Salvador — transporting thousands of immigrants from U.S. holding facilities to a sprawling maximum security prison in Central America,” Politico reports. “The proposal says it would target “criminal illegal aliens” and would attempt to skirt U.S. immigration laws by designating part of the prison — whic…
Missouri Independent
For-profit immigration detention expands as Trump accelerates his deportation plans
CoreCivic's Leavenworth Detention Center could serve as a detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Allison Kite/Missouri Independent).The Trump administration is moving quickly to dramatically expand the nation’s capacity for detaining immigrants who do not have legal authorization to be in the United States. The administration has largely turned to the for-profit, private prison industry to reopen or repurpose shuttered an…
Trump plan to expand immigration detention centers faces hurdles in Illinois – Chicago Sun-Times
The Illinois Way Forward Act called for local entities across the state to end existing contracts to detain those in immigration custody, and it prohibited law enforcement and other local entities from entering into similar contracts in the future. Many of those arrested in the Chicago area have ended up at the Clay County Justice Center in Indiana and the Dodge County Jail in Wisconsin, according to immigration advocates.
Trump plan to expand immigration detention centers faces hurdles in Illinois
President Donald Trump plans to pour billions of dollars into building an infrastructure for mass deportations, but he will hit a wall in Illinois where existing laws prohibit immigration detention.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking contractors for what it describes as emergency detention that would include detention facilities, transportation, security guards and medical support estimated to top $45 billion, the New York Times …
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