“Tennessee: Contracts approved for ICE to reopen a closed prison as an immigration detention facility,” the White House’s Rapid Response 47 account posted on X Wednesday morning.
A private contractor will oversee the newest ICE detention site in West Tennessee, according to the Associated Press.
The facility is the third such site offered up by a state to assist the Trump administration in its efforts to carry out the “largest-ever” deportation operation, following “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida’s Everglades and the “Speedway Slammer” in Indiana.
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The five-person board of aldermen in Mason, Tennessee, voted on Tuesday to move forward with plans to give the contract to CoreCivic, a longtime government contractor for managing ICE detention facilities.
CoreCivic had previously managed the prison but will now transition
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