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Largest Immigrant Detention Center Opens in Dilley, Texas

HeadlineDec 16, 2014

A new immigrant detention center due to be the largest in the country has opened in Dilley, Texas. The facility will imprison mostly women and children from Central America. It is operated by the private company Corrections Corporation of America, which has previously been sued for its treatment of immigrant children. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has touted the new facility as a deterrent to immigrants fleeing violence and poverty at home.

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