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I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks

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1009 points n1b0m | 1 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source
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anonshadow ◴[19 Mar 25 17:00 UTC] No.43414529[source]▶
This is the money shot : "Companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group receive government funding based on the number of people they detain, which is why they lobby for stricter immigration policies. It’s a lucrative business: CoreCivic made over $560m from Ice contracts in a single year. In 2024, GEO Group made more than $763m from Ice contracts.

The more detainees, the more money they make. It stands to reason that these companies have no incentive to release people quickly. What I had experienced was finally starting to make sense."

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1. bojangleslover ◴[19 Mar 25 17:55 UTC] No.43415273[source]▶
Makes complete sense to me. That's how every other business works. Number of detainees is a mostly linear input (aside from the real estate) to opex.