ICE expansion in Colorado draws fire as private prison firms compete for contracts
By Anna Alejo | CBS Colorado
Just days after the passage of President Trump's budget bill allocating $45 billion to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand detention facilities, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado made public documents submitted by private prison operators seeking to sign contracts with the federal government. The ACLU says the government provided the documents in response to its lawsuit filed in April.
The Trump administration says it plans to build capacity for 100,000 ICE detention beds nationwide.
Locations offered for new ICE detention centers in Colorado include Walsenberg, Colorado Springs, Hudson, and La Junta.
"We sued the federal government because they were hiding these documents about their intent to expand ICE detention in Colorado...