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A U.S. appeals court on Monday struck down California’s ban on privately-run immigrant detention centers.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the ban adopted in 2019 gave California too much control over how the federal government handles immigrant detainees.
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Private prison operator GEO Group Inc had sued over the ban, and was backed by the Biden administration. (Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York, Editing by Franklin Paul)
