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![A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on this site in Conroe, Texas, will house up to 1,000 immigrants at a cost of $44 million a year to U.S. taxpayers.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_4574-23281391b65b65b29738467968ebc90ab53bcf6d-900x422.jpg)
Big Money As Private Immigrant Jails Boom
By: John Burnett | NPR
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The Trump administration called for five new detention facilities to be built and operated by private prison corporations. Just one facility in Texas will cost taxpayers $44 million per year.