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José Olivares in New York

Revealed: Biden lays groundwork to expand immigration jails as Trump readies for office

the outside of detention centre with barbed wire
The Port Isabel detention center in Los Fresnos, Texas, on 10 June 2024. Photograph: Verónica G Cárdenas/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s plan for the mass deportation of undocumented people and a related expansion of US detention facilities is getting an unexpected head start from Joe Biden – and private prison companies are already cashing in.

The Biden administration has, for the past year, been in the process of extending contracts for private sector immigration jails across the US and exploring options for expanding detention capacity, a Guardian investigation has found.

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