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Immigration News Today: CoreCivic Sells Two California Immigrant Detention Centers to DHS

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July 8, 2026

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Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it [] The post Immigration News Today: CoreCivic Sells Two California Immigrant Detention Centers to DHS appeared first on URL Media.

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BoingBoing

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· Jul 7, 2026

ICE buys the cages, private prison company keeps the keys

CoreCivic just sold two of California's largest immigrant detention centers to the federal government for 1.5 billion, then apparently got hired to keep running the place. CalMatters reports that CoreCivic sold the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County to the Department of Homeland Security on July 2. — Read the rest The post ICE buys the cages, private prison company keeps the keys appeared first on Boing Boing.

Commercial Observer

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· Jul 8, 2026

Feds Pay $1.5B for Two Immigration Detention Centers in California

The federal government has spent nearly 1.5 billion to acquire two California detention centers from prison operator CoreCivic, marking one of the largest real estate deals tied to the Trump administration’s expansion of immigration enforcement. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) purchased the 1,994-bed Otay Mesa Detention Center in Greater San Diego for 739.2 []

Off The Press

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· Jul 8, 2026

Feds buy two immigration detention centers for $1.5 billion

Private prison operator CoreCivic has sold two Southern California immigration detention centers to the federal government for 1.5 billion. Under the deal, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security takes ownership of the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County for 739.2 million and the California City Detention Facility in Kern County for 732.6 million. []...Click to read more

Palo Alto Online

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· Jul 6, 2026

Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The private prison company CoreCivic has sold two of the largest immigration detention facilities in California to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a deal worth 1.5 billion, the company announced Monday. CoreCivic said it anticipates that the sale of the Otay []

Mexico News Daily

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· Jul 6, 2026

Some ‘Mexico Embraces You’ centers, created to help deportees, are closing

The reason for the closures is that the number of deportations has sharply decreased since the onset of Trump's migrant roundups in the United States. The post Some ‘Mexico Embraces You’ centers, created to help deportees, are closing appeared first on Mexico News Daily

South China Morning Post

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· Jun 27, 2026

US, Mexico Catholic bishops call for humane treatment of migrants

More than 100 Catholic bishops, nuns, priests and parishioners joined a procession across the US-Mexico border on Friday evening, urging the US government to treat migrants with dignity and respect. The procession, from Nogales, Arizona, to its sister city in the Mexican state of Sonora, was planned to coincide with commemorations of America’s 250th anniversary. “We want to be well together. This is what the Church is all about,” Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, James Misko said as he celebrated mass...

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Related coverage for "Immigration News Today: CoreCivic Sells Two California Immigrant Detention Centers to DHS": BoingBoing — ICE buys the cages, private prison company keeps the keys. Commercial Observer — Feds Pay $1.5B for Two Immigration Detention Centers in California. Off The Press — Feds buy two immigration detention centers for $1.5 billion. Palo Alto Online — Private prison company sells two of California’s immigrant detention centers to the feds. Mexico News Daily — Some ‘Mexico Embraces You’ centers, created to help deportees, are closing. South China Morning Post — US, Mexico Catholic bishops call for humane treatment of migrants