• fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
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    11 hours ago

    Even more sad to read the article.

    In 2023, private prison company CoreCivic filed a suit alleging that the law was unconstitutional.

    President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice submitted a legal filing in support of CoreCivic.

    In 2023, U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch ruled the ban unconstitutional.

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    “We do two things here in America with zero tolerance of resistance: throw trillions at private “defense” contractors, and billions at private prisons. It’s unconstitutional to not have private prisons.”

    /wrist

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    The only way the United States can maintain its core function of managing immigration is to have private prisons in New Jersey?