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Politics● Elevated5d ago · Oct 30, 2026, 10:15 PM

Minnesota Declined to Buy a Prison for $75 Million. D.H.S. Paid $495 Million.

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The recent purchase of the prison to hold immigrants is among the acquisitions facing scrutiny in the Trump administration’s mass deportation push.

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