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Pedro Camacho

Mass Deportations Could Get an Unexpected Head Start Thanks to Biden's Permissive Stance on Private Prisons

Port Isabel Detention Center hosted by ICE (Credit: Photo by VERONICA G. CARDENAS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Private prison stock soared on November 11 after president-elect Donald Trump appointed Thomas Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as his upcoming "border czar."

In all, shares of The Geo Group rose over 6%, and those of CoreCivic climbed nearly 8%, fueled by investor expectations of increased demand for detention services and stricter immigration enforcement under Trump's upcoming administration.

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