Category: Executive & Enforcement
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Farmville Herald June 10, 2025 The Farmville Detention Center has new ownership. That filing came Tuesday night, announcing that CoreCivic, based out of Brentwood, Tennessee, had acquired the Farmville facility for a total price of $67 million. The deal is expected to close as of July 1, with 100% of the membership interest transferring to…
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Richmond.com Riverside Regional Jail is now a contractor for federal immigration enforcement, which is paying the facility to provide detention services, according to a contract between the two obtained by The Times-Dispatch. The facility signed off on the agreement on May 8. The document itself is heavily redacted. “The purpose of this task order is…
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Link | Revealed: Guardian analysis provides a detailed picture of surging arrests and a detention system that’s stretched beyond capacity
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This article reports that Fort Bliss (outside of El Paso, Texas) will be expanded to hold 5000 detainees.
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This survey of US sheriffs, conducted by the Marshall Project in 2022, provides a good overview of the roles sheriffs play, their backgrounds, and their thoughts about immigration. Link
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Do you wonder what’s going on in Mexico in 2025 now that the US has changed its asylum practices?At minute mark 37 of this podcast, you can hear Gretchen Kuhner (ED of the NGO El Instituto para las Mujeres en la Migracion) talk about current conditions in MEX regarding enforcement, detention, sylum, etc. She mentions this: 1.…
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Listen to Nancy Hiemstra and Deirdre Conlon Discuss Their New Book: “Immigration Detention Inc.” by Austin Kocher Immigrant detention is at record highs and the Trump admin wants nearly $50 billion to expand detention capacity. A new book provides critical information about who profits from detention. Read on Substack
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by Andrea Castillo Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, but experts and the history of law enforcement hiring sprees suggest the process could be challenging, lengthy and possibly result in problematic hires. The massive…
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link to article By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 17, 2025 “Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and…
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