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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was detaining 32,743 people on August 27, 2023 — with over 30% in Texas alone. This is the highest point since the start of the Biden administration, according to analysis of ICE data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. To make matters even worse, close to 91 percent of people detained in ICE custody each day are held in detention facilities owned or operated by private prison corporations. Biden once pledged to end for-profit immigration detention, saying: "No business should profit from the suffering of desperate people fleeing violence." But fast forward to 2023 and now Biden is siding with private prison companies in court to keep for-profit detention centers open.  How many more of our community members will Biden lock up before he keeps his promise? SOURCES:  https://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/general/607/ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/unchecked-growth-private-prison-corporations-and-immigration-detention-three-years-into-the-biden-administration#:~:text=In%20the%20last%20two%20years,operated%20by%20private%20prison%20corporations. https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/releases/2023/biden-administration-sides-private-prison-company-corecivic-keep-immigrant