💨 Abstract
Private prison operators, CoreCivic and The Geo Group, are marketing their idle facilities to federal immigration officials as President Trump pushes for mass deportations. The Trump administration aims to increase detention capacity from 41,000 to over 150,000 beds. Despite resistance in places like Leavenworth, Kansas, where the facility faces legal challenges due to past management issues, these companies are securing lucrative no-bid contracts.
Courtesy: WTOP Staff
Suggested
Photos of world leaders in Canada’s Rocky Mountains for the G7 summit -
Judge extends order suspending Trump’s block on Harvard’s incoming foreign students -
Joey ‘Jaws’ Chestnut to return to Coney Island hotdog eating contest after contract dispute -
Airports close across the Mideast as the Israel-Iran conflict shutters the region’s airspace -
Netanyahu says Israeli strikes have set Iran’s nuclear program back a ‘very, very long time’ -
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ could make it more expensive to fly in and out of DC area -
Trump muses about turning the G7 back into the G8 — or even the G9 with China -
Israeli opposition leader rallies behind Netanyahu’s Iran operation, suspending months of criticism -
Leonard Lauder, philanthropist who globalized family cosmetic business, dies at age 92 -
How automakers are invisibly raising costs for buyers -