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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Morgan Lee

Privately run immigration detention center that previously held families in Texas will reopen

Immigrant Detention Families - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A private prison company has signed an agreement to reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held families with children for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the business said Wednesday.

Nashville-based CoreCivic announced the contract with ICE and the city of Dilley regarding the 2,400-bed South Texas Family Residential Center, located about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Laredo and the Mexico border.

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