Governor Newsom signed AB 1633, described as the first US law taxing private ICE detention companies.
Detention Economy
10 storiesThe justices agreed to review mandatory immigration detention in the same week an operator signed a 355 million dollar contract and Colorado sued to block another.
The justices agreed to review a policy that holds tens of thousands of immigrants in detention.
The state's attorney general asked a federal court to void the contract and halt work on a former prison that the company would reopen for immigration detention.
A Government Accountability Office report says the agency spent without a strategic plan, including on tents and warehouses that went unused.
Patrick Swindle steps down after less than a year to treat pancreatic cancer, and Lucibeth Mayberry becomes president and chief executive.
A Government Accountability Office report says the immigration agency committed billions to new detention initiatives without the analysis or the strategic plan to support them.
A GAO report released by three Senate Democrats found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies spent public money on detention sites chosen without the planning the expansion required.
Federal detention capacity is expanding across several states while the largest listed operator's stock falls on a detainee transfer.
CoreCivic is close to a fifty-two week high on detention contracts, while GEO Group faces a state lawsuit and a contract renewal vote.