CoreCivic has applied for a permit to house detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at its facility in Leavenworth.
CoreCivic currently cares for approximately 650 residents under a contract with the U.S. Marshals Service ("USMS"), as well as 925 residents under a contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center.
Tennessee-based CoreCivic announced Thursday that it has entered contract modifications for the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, which has held U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees for years.
CoreCivic, the company that owns the former Leavenworth detention center, applied for a permit to use the facility as a site for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Leavenworth city manager told KMBC.
Federal immigration officials plan to open the first new immigrant detention center of President Donald Trump’s second term in Newark, New Jersey, officials said.
Cordero-Stutz said her office will uphold the law but is still awaiting details on how the federal government expects local deputies to participate in immigration enforcement.