Detention centers for adult asylum seekers and subsequent "tender care"/foster care facilities are administered at the state, not federal level. This <thread> provides a background on the process involved in awarding these contracts.
nmindepth.com/2017/10/26/ins…
Photo:Storm over I-40 in NM near CibolaCountyCorrectionalFacility (Reuters|LucasJackson)
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"In October 2016, CoreCivic landed one ICE deal in New Mexico by repurposing a federal prison, the 1,129-bed Cibola County Correctional Center, into an ICE detention center."
Between March, April and May 2017, daily counts of detainees ranged between 268 and 784.
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