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The Department of Homeland Security just spent $1.5 billion to buy two massive immigrant detention centers in California — one with 2,500 beds, the other with nearly 2,000 — effectively pulling over 4,500 beds out of private hands and into federal control. CoreCivic, the previous operator, pocketed about $1.1 billion after taxes. Though the company will still run the facilities under contract with ICE, federal ownership could rewrite those terms. The move, funded by last summer’s spending bill, aims to expand detention capacity — especially in California, where local partnerships aren’t reliable. It’s a strategic bypass of state efforts to phase out private detention, including a 2019 law blocked by federal courts. With federal ownership, state oversight tools may lose power — and some in the industry see it as a shield from lawsuits and state interference.

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