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#ICE removed detainee #protections after outreach from top #private contractor
In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit #GeoGroup’s legal defense.
#law #Trump #immigration #HumanRights #CivilRights #ForThePeopleByThePeople
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When #ICE was revising the federal #standards that govern #immigration #detention centers, one of its top contractors privately asked for changes that could benefit its business, acc/to a person briefed on the discussions.
#GeoGroup, which oversees more than a dozen ICE detention facilities, has faced #lawsuits in 3 states alleging it violates #MinimumWage #laws by paying some #immigrant detainees $1 a day to work.