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The Trump Admin's Secretive, Fast-Tracked Process to Pick Who Will Run Pa.'s New Detention Centers

March 18, 2026 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Trump administration is using a secretive, fast-tracked procurement process to select operators for Pennsylvania's new immigration detention centers, bypassing typical transparency and competitive bidding requirements. The opaque process raises accountability concerns about who will run the state's expanding detention infrastructure.