The Trump administration is embarking on a $38 billion plan to convert industrial warehouses into large-scale immigrant holding centers free from outside scrutiny, and it’s discarding traditional partnerships for it. For decades, companies like Geo Group and CoreCivic were the government’s go-to partners for immigrant detention, running the majority of facilities for ICE.
Now, the administration is turning to relatively untested businesses to build and operate these new facilities. According to the Washington Post, the administration has awarded a contract worth at least $113.1 million to KVG LLC, a defense contractor, to build and operate a warehouse detention center in Williamsport, Maryland.
