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December 16, 2014

Largest Immigrant Detention Center Opens in Dilley, Texas 
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A new immigrant detention center due to be the largest in the country
has opened in Dilley, Texas. The facility will imprison mostly women and
children from Central America. It is operated by the private company
Corrections Corporation of America, which has previously been sued for
its treatment of immigrant children. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh
Johnson has touted the new facility as a deterrent to immigrants fleeing
violence and poverty at home.

 

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