I must congratulate Gov. Jeff Landry and some well-connected Louisiana businessmen for getting in on some of that $75 billion from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
It seems that there are massive profits to be had from each detainee ICE captures and delivers to the state. The excellent Times-Picayune | Advocate article on the “Louisiana Lockup” cited federal payments to Louisiana of between $275-$600 per detainee per day! (For reference, you can stay at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside for less than $200 per day.)…