CoreCivic has applied for a permit to house detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at its facility in Leavenworth.

Shares of CoreCivic surged in value Thursday after the company announced it has begun contract modifications to add capacity at three facilities to house detainees from U.S. Immig

Tennessee-based CoreCivic announced Thursday that it has entered contract modifications for the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, which has held U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees for years.

CoreCivic, the company that owns the former Leavenworth detention center, applied for a permit to use the facility as a site for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Leavenworth city manager told KMBC.

The expansion would add capacity for up to a total of 784 ICE detainees in Ohio, Nevada, and Oklahoma. CoreCivic currently has 650 inmates through the U.S. Marshals Service. Plus, there are 925 inmates under a contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction here in Youngstown.

CoreCivic says it’s modifying contracts at some of its correctional facilities to add capacity for ICE detainees. This includes its Correctional Center in Youngstown. The expansion would add capacity for up to a total of 784 ICE detainees in Ohio,

Federal immigration officials plan to open the first new immigrant detention center of President Donald Trump’s second term in Newark, New Jersey, officials said.

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With Trump back in the White House after having promised during the campaign to unleash “the largest deportation operation in American history,” the cadre of attorneys at the Southern Poverty Law Center who amounted to a first line of legal defense for undocumented immigrants is no more.

Cordero-Stutz said her office will uphold the law but is still awaiting details on how the federal government expects local deputies to participate in immigration enforcement.

ICE officials said on Thursday that the reopening was “imminent” after “reaching an agreement with the facility’s owner.”