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San Diegomdash; A private prison firm that just won multibillion-dollar contracts to run federal immigration detention centers in California sued the state on Monday, claiming that a new ban on for-profit lockups in California is unconstitutional.The GEO Group, Inc., argued in the federal suit that Assembly Bill 32, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in October, would unlawfully undermine enforcement criminal and immigration law. I
stanley mug t asks a federal court to permanently bar the law from taking effect. There is a longstanding and clear-cut constitutional principle that individual states cannot regulate the actions and activities of the federal government, the Boca Raton, Florida, company said in a statement. AB 32 bars renewal of contracts with operators of private prisons. It also bars the use of private immigration detention facilities in the state.The suit said the law, due to take effect Jan. 1, would affect at least 10 privately-run facilities with nearly 11,000 beds. Seven are managed by GEO. The lawsuit names Newsom and Attorney General Xavier Becerra.Messages seeking comment from Becerra s office were not immediately return
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