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Donald Trump is enacting his darkest agenda in the backyard of a small Louisiana town. Absolutely no one there wants to talk about it. (slate.com)

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[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 20 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The article could perhaps do a better job giving more background info on GEO Group, but the short answer is that GEO is the point. They, along with CoreCivic, are the primary entities contracting with the government to detain and hold whoever they are presently disappearing (read: providing the state side concentration camps).

They are apparently using money to encourage the locals to turn a blind eye.