HuffPo: Over the past three years, immigration politics has seen more restrictive legislation at the state level and the unprecedented enforcement of current laws by the Obama administration.
Together, the laws and the stepped up enforcement have the potential to bring tens of thousands of individuals into for-profit jails.
The Department of Homeland Security pays between $50 to $200 per day per person to local, county and state prisons to house apprehended aliens.
Thanks to a concerted lobbying push from the corrections industry, growing numbers of undocumented immigrants could end up in private detention facilities.
Over the past three years, immigration politics has seen more restrictive legislation at the state level and the unprecedented enforcement of current laws by the Obama administration.
Together, the laws and the stepped up enforcement have the potential to bring tens of thousands of individuals into for-profit jails.
"Immigrants for Sale" by the activist group CuéntameThe recent animated video "Immigrants for Sale" by the activist group Cuéntame illustrates some facts behind the connection between the ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration and the for-profit corrections industry.
The video follows the trail of money and political power behind this piece of the national immigration debate.