Here are two articles by Katya Schwenk on this topic: Private Companies Will Cash In on Trump’s Immigration Policy Inside The Plan To Let Trump Track Millions of Immigrants
Gabriel Sandoval, Associated Press, Dec. 1, 2024 "[A]s President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, after an unsuccessful bid to end DACA in his first term, the roughly 535...
Daniel Bush, Newsweek, Nov. 26, 2024 "Donald Trump's immigration advisers are discussing plans to enlist local law enforcement to help the federal government deport undocumented immigrants,...
Hilary Burns, Boston Globe, Nov. 26, 2024 "...Most colleges across the nation are gearing up to protect foreign-born students and faculty members who could be vulnerable when President-elect Donald...
MALDEF, Nov. 22, 2024 "A Latino civil rights organization filed a federal class-action lawsuit on Thursday against a student loan refinancing and consultation company for refusing services to certain...
David Gutman, Seattle Times, Dec. 21, 2023
"A private immigration prison in Tacoma must pay more than $23 million in back pay and penalties for violating Washington’s minimum wage law by paying people it detains just $1 a day, a unanimous Washington state Supreme Court confirmed Thursday. The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma can hold up to 1,575 people as they await review of their immigration status and potential deportation. Under its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the facility must provide a voluntary work program for people it detains, giving them the option to earn money while in custody. But the prison, which is operated by GEO Group, a Florida-based company that manages more than 90 detention and re-entry facilities, paid workers only $1 a day for the work they did, like cooking and cleaning."