Opponents cite MTC’s record as company seeks license to run Marana detention center
The private prison operator slated to run an immigration detention center in Marana has applied for a business license with the town, moving toward clearing one of the final bureaucratic roadblocks before the center could become operational. Management & Training Corporation, or MTC, signed a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September to…
Community activists call on feds to reopen closed public borderlands
About 30 people protested outside the Bureau of Land Management offices on Tucson’s south side Thursday afternoon demanding that public…
As Trump’s wall closes in, DHS intimidates Tohono O’odham with surveillance, masked agents and drones
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