The perils of travel
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‘I was a British tourist trying to leave the US. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre’
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Among the many problems, one is the involvement of private, for-profit companies.
they worked for GEO, the private company contracted to run the facility, and not Ice, the government body that would decide her fate.
while the private companies who own the facilities are run for profit, there’s no incentive to get people out quickly
Also please don't quote this post, I'll be editing it soon.