And education and social services are being decimated as this transfer of funding is occurring.
Here's more links related to the ones below about Geo Group and Wells Fargo.
In my above post, I had the info on the border patrol's increase in funding and increase in patrolling and branching out into traditional police/fire areas (with no appropriate oversight since those aren't their traditional areas of operation).
And, as with TSA in the OP, they are targeting people of color.
From this article about tomorrow's May Day demonstrations:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2018104150.html
In recent years, a growing number of immigrant advocacy, labor and Occupy groups have called on Wells Fargo and other lenders to distance themselves from companies that profit from immigrant detention — including GEO Group, which owns and operates the Tacoma Detention Center.
Searching for info on this led to this about the expansion of its facilities:
http://nwdcroundtable.org/awareness.html
Authorized by the Tacoma City Council in 2002, the NWDC was built in an industrial area, at 1623 “J” Street in Tacoma. The first detainees were transferred to the facility, from Seattle, in April 2004. It initially had a 500-bed capacity, organized by “pods” of about 250 beds each. Its capacity was expanded to 950 in 2006 and 1,575 in 2010. The NWDC is administered by the Department of Homeland Security and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of Department of Justice. Internal services are provided under government contract by the GEO Group, a publicly-owned, for-profit corporation specializing in prison management.
Sourcewatch has more info on the GEO Group, including ties to ALEC and lobbying info:
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Geo_Group
GEO parent Wackenhut Corporation has been a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
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Between 2003 and 2011, GEO hired 72 lobbyists in 17 states to advocate on their behalf. It also made campaign contributions to over 400 candidates for state office within the same timeframe,
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