Private companies to profit as US shelters immigrant children

Turns out, it's all about the :money:

Just like everything else.

Surprise, surprise.

Private companies to profit as US shelters immigrant children

By Mica Rosenberg

NEW YORK (Rooters) – For a handful of U.S. companies that have exclusive or longstanding contracts with federal agencies dealing with illegal immigrants, the recent wave of children crossing the southern border with Mexico is a business opportunity.

Private prison companies Geo Group and competitor Corrections Corporation of America, for example, stand to gain if Congress approves any emergency funding for family detention facilities. The two companies have thousands of unoccupied beds in their prisons and jails that potentially could be modified to house immigrant families.

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