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Public commenter says ICE contracts, private-prison profits are driving detention expansion and harming families
Summary
At a shadow hearing, a public commenter alleged ICE and Border Patrol contracted for large amounts of ammunition and 'less‑lethal' equipment and said private‑prison profits and donations to lawmakers are encouraging expanded detention; she cited specific company profit figures and described personal family trauma.
A public commenter at a shadow hearing on March 7 alleged that contracts by U.S. immigration enforcement agencies and profit motives at private prison companies are fueling expanded detention and harming families.
The commenter, identified in the record only as a public commenter, said she found imagery on the porch of a woman she addressed as "Miss Gibson Brown" and linked that image to what she described as a broader pattern of militarization. "I saw that image immediately in front of your home. That's your home," she told Gibson Brown, adding that she noticed "the military gear, the silencers." She said she had reviewed procurement records and "according to some records, a report that recently came out, they've already spent about...more than $30,000,000 in…
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