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allegorical oracle

(6,594 posts)
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 08:57 AM Aug 2025

The big business of Trump's donor-owned detention camps

America’s two leading detention companies, Geo Group and CoreCivic, were among the Trump campaign’s most notable donors last year, with executives and subsidiaries donating a total of $2.7 million to the president’s campaign and associated political action committees.

Trump’s Big, Beautiful, Bill set aside an unprecedented $45 billion for ICE to boost immigration detention. As the two largest detention powerhouses in the U.S., both Geo Group and CoreCivic stand to win big.

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-- Over 60,000 people are currently held in immigration detention across the U.S., according to ICE records seen by The New York Times.

-- ICE contracts awarded since January include $353.5 million to GeoGroup, $148 million to CoreCivic, and $313 million to CSI Aviation — ICE’s deportation flight contractor.

-- Documents seen by The Washington Post reveal that ICE is planning to more than double detention capacity, from around 50,000 to more than 107,000 by January 2026.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/they-donated-millions-to-trump-now-ice-detention-providers-are-reaping-the-rewards/ar-AA1L5B5P

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The big business of Trump's donor-owned detention camps (Original Post) allegorical oracle Aug 2025 OP
K&R UTUSN Aug 2025 #1
But don't attack the integrity of John Roberts or his court. Chasstev365 Aug 2025 #2
Will Melania (r) get a subcontract for interior design? BoRaGard Aug 2025 #3
how many r-electeds bought the stock? mopinko Aug 2025 #4
With Trump it's always "Follow the money". Ping Tung Aug 2025 #5
My question: With all the $ to be made by these companies, who will they fill the allegorical oracle Aug 2025 #6
So, a grift? RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #7

Chasstev365

(8,131 posts)
2. But don't attack the integrity of John Roberts or his court.
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 09:31 AM
Aug 2025

Citizen's United 2010 was the worst Supreme Court ruling in America history, with the exception of Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857.

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
3. Will Melania (r) get a subcontract for interior design?
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 09:40 AM
Aug 2025

Seems like a perfect grift.

The repubes are sure to see the sweetheart $$$ gravy goes to her.

Who can forget her desperate, heart-stabbing, bloody bleak xmas interior decor ? No doubt the Slovenian Smileypod (r) can now create something super #Hellishesque to mark the G.O.P.'s Satanic-style Persecution of the Poor to ensure their suffering is exquisite.

allegorical oracle

(6,594 posts)
6. My question: With all the $ to be made by these companies, who will they fill the
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 01:32 PM
Aug 2025

detention camps with once all the brown and black-skinned people are gone?

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