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CoreCivic Will Cage Migrant Families in Texas Lockup

Loaded on April 1, 2025 published in Prison Legal News April, 2025, page 33
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Immigration Law/Offenses. Location: Texas.

On March 5, 2025, private prison operator CoreCivic, Inc. announced a new contract with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reopen its South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley.

The massive 2,400-bed prison was used to detain migrant families with children during the first administration of Pres. Donald ...

 

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