Look at the most recent economic news out of Texas. The Texas economy is actually shrinking in part because of deportations. So while our economy is on shaky ground and struggling Federal taxpayers are paying one and a quarter billion dollars just for this one facility. Just this one. The one big beautiful bill. Almost 50 billion US taxpayer dollars will go just to private detention facilities. You know that those private corporations are going to get richer. (15:11–15:18)
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Asserts that a specific facility costs federal taxpayers $1.25 billion.
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