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Carola Guerrero De León

From Music Festivals to Mass Detention: How a Tent Company Is Set to Cash In on Millions from Mass Deportations

Two tents stand recently erected at U.S. Border Patrol offices, to temporarily to process asylum seekers, on May 18, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. (Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Deployed Resources, a company that began by setting up tent facilities for festivals like Lollapalooza, has transformed into a major federal contractor, now poised to play a central role in the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts.

Over the past two decades, Deployed Resources has secured more than $4 billion in government contracts, a new ProPublica investigation revealed. With the government preparing to spend up to $45 billion on immigration detention, Deployed Resources is shifting its focus once again—from housing asylum seekers at the border to detaining immigrants awaiting deportation.

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