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GEO Group just paid over $100,000 in a landmark settlement after failing to protect immigrant workers at a California detention center — the first time the state has treated detainees as workers and private operators as employers subject to labor laws. Inspections revealed unsafe conditions and COVID-19 spread, while workers earned just $1 per day for essential jobs. The ruling forces GEO to overhaul safety protocols and ends their legal fight against state oversight. Meanwhile, federal agencies continue resisting state authority, even as courts compel inspections and ICE updates its standards to deny detainees basic worker rights — spotlighting a growing clash between federal immigration policy and state protections for vulnerable populations.

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