US Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to discuss the conditions of #KilmarAbregoGarcia’s release. The #Trump admin has already filed a motion to appeal the judge’s release order.

Holmes acknowledged in her ruling Sunday that determining whether Abrego Garcia should be released is “little more than an academic exercise” because #ICE will likely detain him.

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#GeoGroup’s former lobbyist #PamBondi is now the US AG. It anticipates that all of its idle #prisons will be activated this year, its executive chair, George Zoley, told shareholders.

#CoreCivic, which along w/Geo donated millions of dollars to #GOP candidates at all levels of government & national political groups, is equally optimistic. It began daily talks w/the #Trump admin immediately after the election….

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…#PrivatePrison executives are forecasting hundreds of millions of dollars in new #ICE #profits. Since #Trump’s reelection in Nov, #CoreCivic’s #stock has risen in price by 56% & #GeoGroup’s by 73%.

“It’s the gold rush,” Michael A. Hallett, a professor of criminal #justice at the University of North Florida who studies #PrivatePrisons. “All of a sudden, demand is spiraling. And when you’re the only provider that can meet demand, you can pretty much set your terms.”

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