It is obviously not appropriate to Take a warehouse and house people there. It's why the State of New Jersey passed a law that there would be no private detention facilities. We were overturned in court, despite our advocacy, including myself when I was in Congress and amicus briefs against opening any private detention facility here. We know the history of GEO operating this private detention facility is very poor. They've had claims across the country and we know now they have a billion dollar contract. (23:08–23:19)
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