A tax-cutting and budget reconciliation measure approved last month by the #House includes $45 Billion over 4 years for #immigrant #detention, a threefold spending increase. The #Senate is now considering that #legislation.
When #Trump started his 2nd term in Jan, #CoreCivic & #GeoGroup had around 20 idle facilities, partly because of sentencing #reforms that reduced #prison populations.
#PrivatePrison #law #immigration #GovernmentSpending #Republicans #ICE #HumanRights