Lawsuit challenges new law closing immigrant detention center in Tacoma By Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times
Published: May 18, 2021, 2:24pm
Share: The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. Amanda Cowan/The Columbian
SEATTLE The GEO Group, a huge private prison corporation, is suing the state, claiming a new law mandating the closure of the immigrant detention center it runs in Tacoma would unconstitutionally subvert federal authority.
Not only does the law enacted by the Legislature in March interfere with a contract signed between GEO and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it also attempts to undermine federal enforcement efforts, argues the company’s complaint filed last month in U.S. District Court of Western Washington.
Prison group sues to keep immigrant detention center open
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