Immigration Detention

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal court in California enjoined the city of McFarland and for-profit prison firm Geo Group from accepting federal immigration detainees at two private prisons. Adding or transferring detainees at this time could spread Covid-19 and “serious questions remain” about whether the city sufficiently allowed the public to be heard during public meetings about the issue. 

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