ICE modified an existing detention agreement with the city of Eloy, Arizona, to include the Dilley facility, 900 miles (1,450 kilometres) away. Eloy technically ran the facility, but routed ICE money to CoreCivic, then known as the Corrections Corporation of America. Also, not conducting a bidding process may have led ICE to overpay for services at the detention facility, the audit said. Claudia Valenzuela, director of the National Immigrant Justice Center’s detention project, said the city, ICE and CoreCivic should explain how they reached the agreement. The Dilley City Council met in closed session on Sept. 17 to discuss the two contracts, and interim city administrator David Jordan signed them one day later.

Source: National Post October 17, 2018 16:30 UTC