“This is Trump’s mass detention agenda getting bigger, more permanent, and more expensive — with CoreCivic getting a billion-dollar payday while still running the cages. DHS may own the building, but it does not own the law. San Diego County will keep fighting for oversight, transparency, and due process at Otay Mesa,”

said San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chair Terra Lawson-Remer, who led a successful lawsuit against federal agencies to allow county health inspections of Otay Mesa Detention Center.