As the Supreme Court upheld a central provision of Arizona’s controversial immigration code on Monday -– a requirement for code enforcement to check the legal status of suspected undocumented immigrants — a powerful corporate lobby may stand to benefit: the private prison industry.For-profit prison companies including Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Collection Inc. have capitalized on the immigration crackdown over the past decade, immediately controlling nearly half of the nation’s vast immigrant detention system. Both companies have more than doubled revenues from the business of detaining immigrants since 2005, collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Some immigration reform advocates and lawyers have argued that the upholding of the so-called “exhibit me your papers” part of Arizona’s SB 1070 may bring more undocumented immigrants into the web of federal immigration enforcement, resulting in increased detentions and deportations.Glance at More…
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