(The Center Square) - Colorado’s new law allowing for more inspections at immigration detention centers is being challenged by a company that runs the state’s lone facility.
The GEO Group sued the state this week over the passage of House Bill 26-1276, which focuses on increasing Colorado’s regulation and oversight of immigration detention centers.
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