Who’s Profiting from Detaining Kids?

By Josh Leach on February 1, 2019

The practice of holding immigrant kids in detention is skyrocketing in the United States, with the number of children in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody growing from less than 3,000 to nearly 15,000 in the first two years of Donald Trump’s presidency.

For many families, this has meant prolonged separation and trauma. For a handful of contractors, however, it means big business.

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