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The Trump-Backed Companies Running America's Deadliest Detention Centers #16129

David Feldman Show

David Feldman

Politics, News, Comedy

4.6918 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

December became ICE's deadliest month on record when four immigrants died, four days in a row, in four separate for profit ICE detention facilities managed either by CoreCivic or GEO Group-- two of the largest contributors to Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.

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0:00.0

This is the mop-up. I'm David Feldman in New York City. Thank you for finding me.

0:06.8

Reuters is now reporting last week four. Four immigrants died in four days while being held in for-profit ICE detention centers run either by Geo Group or Core Civic, making 20, 25 ICE's deadliest year, going all the

0:26.2

way back to 2004 when the agency was established. So far, this month, seven people have died

0:34.8

in ICE custody-making December the deadliest month ever on record for ICE detention facilities.

0:44.2

At least 32 ICE detainees have died in custody this year.

0:49.0

Again, that's a record.

0:50.7

Four immigrants, one from Bulgaria, another from Eritrea, one from Nicaragua, and another

0:57.6

from Haiti, were either found dead in their jail cell or rushed to a hospital and then pronounced

1:04.4

dead. This was all over a four-day period last week. This, as ICE detention facilities are at record capacity in order

1:14.5

to meet Stephen Miller's demand to round up as many immigrants as possible, even if they're in

1:21.2

this country with documentation. That is the official order coming from Stephen Miller, who was running border policy through the White House.

1:31.7

He says, if someone is not a citizen, remove them.

1:36.1

Doesn't matter if they aren't wanted for any crime.

1:39.4

Doesn't matter if they have zero criminal record.

1:42.8

Doesn't matter that they're doing their immigration check-ins.

1:46.7

In fact, says Stephen Miller, grab them at their immigration check-in.

1:52.4

Miller says arrest them while they're waiting to see an immigration judge

1:55.8

or right after they went before an immigration judge.

2:04.9

Gene Wilson Brutus was held inside the for-profit Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. He died last week after being rushed to

2:11.6

University Hospital. Delaney is run by the for-profit Geo Group, one of the largest donors last year to the Trump campaign.

2:20.9

Delaney Hall and Newark holds 1,000 inmates.

2:25.5

Geo Group is being paid $1 billion over a 15-year period to manage that facility.

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