Some big breaking news in North Carolina: According to new reporting, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to put a massive detention center in rural Hertford County, NC.
It could be one of the largest ICE detention center on the East Coast.
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In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, Cardinal & Pine digs into ICE’s plans and gives the big picture. We also take a look at the troubled private prison company being paid billions in taxpayer dollars to end ICE’s so-called “detention desert” in NC.
And we hear what Gov. Josh Stein, the ACLU of NC, and immigration advocates have to say about this.
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Written by Billy Ball
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