Why One Trump County Rejected an Immigration-Detention Facility

Clamoring for workers, Elkhart County, Ind., rejected plans for $100 million project; ‘it might drive some people from the area’

GOSHEN, Ind.—Private-prison company CoreCivic met in January with about 20 local business leaders and elected officials to discuss its plan to build a $100 million immigration-detention facility in Elkhart County.

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Clamoring for workers, Elkhart County, Ind., rejected plans for $100 million project; ‘it might drive some people from the area’

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