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Kani’ya Davis

California Lawmakers Target Price Gouging at ICE Detention Facilities

The ICE Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico, California. Photo: John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images.

Before Fernando Arciniega was detained by federal immigration agents in May 2024, he was the breadwinner of his household. Providing for his daughter, 17, and son, 12, was something he took pride in.

Now, Arciniega often finds himself relying on family for money to purchase food and other basic necessities from the commissary at Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Southern California.

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