Who’s Making Money From the Border Crisis? Private Prisons
“The Trump administration’s decision to vastly increase the number of immigrants held in prisons has proven controversial. It’s also big business.”
“CoreCivic and GEO Group, earned more than $4 billion in 2017. Both have spent millions of dollars on lobbyists and campaign contributions”
This is why this problem is so difficult to solve. For these people it isn’t a problem. It is fantastic, a cash cow. They don’t ever want it to stop. The more people who come in, the more that get locked up, the longer they get locked up the more money they make. The horrible conditions and the human suffering is just good business.
“The Trump administration’s decision to vastly increase the number of immigrants held in prisons has proven controversial. It’s also big business.”
“CoreCivic and GEO Group, earned more than $4 billion in 2017. Both have spent millions of dollars on lobbyists and campaign contributions”
This is why this problem is so difficult to solve. For these people it isn’t a problem. It is fantastic, a cash cow. They don’t ever want it to stop. The more people who come in, the more that get locked up, the longer they get locked up the more money they make. The horrible conditions and the human suffering is just good business.