Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking immigrants up. A lucrative ICE contract keeps a private detention facility open that local politicians say the area needs.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg reporters Rachel Adams-Heard and Fola Akinnibi examine how these private facilities are becoming key to the US government’s immigration crackdown – and the financial incentives making it harder for small communities to quit them. 

Read more: Addicted to ICE

Like a growing number of US communities, Torrance County, New Mexico, is convinced its financial survival depends on locking immigrants up. A lucrative ICE contract keeps a private detention facility open that local politicians say the area needs.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg reporters Rachel Adams-Heard and Fola Akinnibi examine how these private facilities are becoming key to the US government&rsquo;s immigration crackdown &ndash; and the financial incentives making it harder for small communities to quit them.&nbsp;
Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-addicted-to-ice-immigrant-detention-centers/?srnd=undefined">Addicted to ICE</a>

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Small Towns Are Getting Hooked on ICE Detention

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