The Migrant Detention Business Is More Profitable Than You Think

Immigration activists hold a banner while protesting in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013.
Immigration activists hold a banner while protesting in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Gosia Wozniacka/AP
Immigration activists hold a banner while protesting in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013.
Immigration activists hold a banner while protesting in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Gosia Wozniacka/AP

The Migrant Detention Business Is More Profitable Than You Think

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Up first, we take a look at the money behind private corrections and detention operators via a comprehensive report from the Corrections Accountability Project. Then, we talk to a self-described lifelong Republican Reverend about how he got interested in immigration, and why faith leaders chose to speak out now; we have a conversation about the farm bill with a Latino farmer who owns a small organic farm in CA; plus, a look at a documentary following the first eight months of a refugee resettlement.

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