The reason why the Department of Homeland Security says they need more space is because of Donald Trump's mass deportation plan. That's. That was a big component in the so called, one big beautiful bill. $45 billion of our tax dollars in that bill were placed into that piece of legislation to rapidly grow immigration detention. in order to move 1 million people a year out of the United States. Now, mind you, in my conversations with people inside detention, the vast majority of people I've spoken to were not undocumented immigrants. (27:19–27:32)
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