Jayapal, Smith call for closure of for-profit immigration detention facilities

Washington Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Adam Smith on Tuesday renewed their call to close all for-profit federal immigration detention centers.

Their letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas comes just days after Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray requested federal auditors investigate health care services at the Northwest ICE Processing Center, a privately-run detention facility in Tacoma.

Jayapal and Smith write that their letter was spurred by news that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is closing a facility in Texas but plans to expand immigration detention overall.

“We are deeply troubled that ICE plans to use the cost savings from this closure to expand the use of immigration detention, in particular facilities operated by private, for-profit prison companies,” the two representatives write.

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