A House panel is escalating its investigation into the Trump administration's handling of migrants at the southern border by demanding that companies managing detention centers there hand over communications and documents pertaining to those businesses.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has also detailed problematic conditions for migrants in multiple reports in ICE facilities since 2017.
The letter to CoreCivic also noted that the company’s chief financial officer told shareholders that 2019 has “exceeded expectations” due, in large part, to its detention facilities. GEO Group did not respond to a request for comment but CEO George Zoley has told shareholders that the first quarter of 2019 was “financially and operationally the best in our history," according to Democrats.
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