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New Deportation Staging Center in Louisiana | Durham News
The Trump administration is launching a new migrant holding facility near Alexandria, Louisiana, designed to speed up deportations by staging families and kids close to departure flights. With capacity for 528 people, it aims to avoid past chaos—like Guatemalan children rushed to Texas only to wait hours on tarmac. ICE calls it a “staging area,” not a detention center, claiming stays will be brief. But critics warn it’s a dangerous expansion of deportation infrastructure, managed by a nonprofit tied to LaSalle Corrections, a private prison firm with a troubling track record. While ICE insists…
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