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Detention beds: Where ICE is spending much of its new money

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published January 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM EST
A protester is detained by federal agents near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Adam Gray/AP)
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A protester is detained by federal agents near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Adam Gray/AP)

Lauren-Brooke Eisen, senior director of the Brennan Center’s justice program, joins host Robin Young to talk about how a huge increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement spending in the past year is fueling what she calls the “detention-industrial complex” for migrants arrested in the United States.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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