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Hamilton Spectator
4 days ago
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado. The GEO Group appealed to the high court after a judge refused to toss out the 2014 lawsuit saying the detainees had to perform both unpaid janitorial work and other jobs for little pay to supplement meager meals. The company says the lawsuits are really a back door way to push back against federal immigration policy, and its pay rates are in line with Immigration and Customs Enforcement regulations. They say the migrants can't sue because it's running Aurora, Colorado, facility on behalf of the government, which is immune from such lawsuits. Attorneys for the migrants say the lawsuit is only about people being paid 'almost nothing' for their work, and the contract didn't require them to pay so little. A lower court judge allowed the lawsuit to go forward and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals found it couldn't review the immunity claim before trial. The GEO Group argued to the Supreme Court that government contractors should be able to argue that issue on appeal quickly. The Florida-based GEO Group is one of the top private detention providers in the country, with management or ownership of about 77,000 beds at 98 facilities. Its contracts include a new federal immigration detention center where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at a protest in May. Similar lawsuits have been brought on behalf of immigration detainees elsewhere, including a Washington state case where the company was ordered to pay more than $23 million. ___ Associated Press writer Mike Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey, contributed reporting. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .
Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado. The GEO Group appealed to the high court after a judge refused to toss out the 2014 lawsuit saying the detainees had to perform both unpaid janitorial work and other jobs for little pay to supplement meager meals. The company says the lawsuits are really a back door way to push back against federal immigration policy, and its pay rates are in line with Immigration and Customs Enforcement regulations. They say the migrants can't sue because it's running Aurora, Colorado, facility on behalf of the government, which is immune from such lawsuits. Attorneys for the migrants say the lawsuit is only about people being paid 'almost nothing' for their work, and the contract didn't require them to pay so little. A lower court judge allowed the lawsuit to go forward and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals found it couldn't review the immunity claim before trial. The GEO Group argued to the Supreme Court that government contractors should be able to argue that issue on appeal quickly. The Florida-based GEO Group is one of the top private detention providers in the country, with management or ownership of about 77,000 beds at 98 facilities. Its contracts include a new federal immigration detention center where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at a protest in May. Similar lawsuits have been brought on behalf of immigration detainees elsewhere, including a Washington state case where the company was ordered to pay more than $23 million. ___ Associated Press writer Mike Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey, contributed reporting.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Supreme Court to hear private prison company appeal in suit over immigration detainee $1-a-day wages
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a private prison company facing a lawsuit claiming immigration detainees were forced to work and paid a $1 a day in Colorado. The GEO Group appealed to the high court after a judge refused to toss out the 2014 lawsuit saying the detainees had to perform both unpaid janitorial work and other jobs for little pay to supplement meager meals. The company says the lawsuits are really a back door way to push back against federal immigration policy, and its pay rates are in line with Immigration and Customs Enforcement regulations. They say the migrants can't sue because it's running Aurora, Colorado, facility on behalf of the government, which is immune from such lawsuits. Attorneys for the migrants say the lawsuit is only about people being paid 'almost nothing' for their work, and the contract didn't require them to pay so little. A lower court judge allowed the lawsuit to go forward and the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals found it couldn't review the immunity claim before trial. The GEO Group argued to the Supreme Court that government contractors should be able to argue that issue on appeal quickly. The Florida-based GEO Group is one of the top private detention providers in the country, with management or ownership of about 77,000 beds at 98 facilities. Its contracts include a new federal immigration detention center where Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at a protest in May. Similar lawsuits have been brought on behalf of immigration detainees elsewhere, including a Washington state case where the company was ordered to pay more than $23 million. ___ Associated Press writer Mike Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey, contributed reporting.
The Guardian
30-05-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Week in wildlife: a piggybacking mouse, heart-shaped vultures and our smallest otter
A harvest mouse was caught enjoying an unusual form of transport – riding a snail in a rainy garden in Norfolk, UK Photograph: Gez Robinson/Caters News Sleeping beauty … rangers in Upemba national park, Democratic Republic of Congo, mount a GPS collar on a tranquillised elephant. The park covers about 11,650 sq km (4,500 sq miles), making it nearly as big as Lincolnshire and Norfolk put together. About 200 elephants live there, despite threats from militants and poachers Photograph: HughLove is in the air … vultures fly over the decomposed body of an unseen animal in Jammu, India Photograph: Channi Anand/AP A winged red aphid sucks on a branch, with nymphs (babies) below, in New York, US. Gardeners will not be surprised to learn that female nymphs can be born pregnant, enabling the species to multiply rapidly Photograph: Carlos Chiossone/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock A crested ibis, an endangered bird species once believed to be extinct in China, is released into the wild in Muchuan county, Sichuan – one of 12 that were reintroduced last month Photograph: ChinaYoung offender … conservationists band four-week-old peregrine falcon chicks with metal tags on their ankles at the Union county courthouse in Elizabeth, New Jersey, US Photograph: Mike Catalini/AP A spiny lizard in the forested area of Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica Photograph: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA Visitors to the Lake District are being asked to look out for this butterfly, the mountain ringlet, to help scientists protect the rare species. Living exclusively on mountains, it is more commonly found in Scotland than in England, where conservationists say it is so hard to find that they have yet to discover whether numbers are going up or down Photograph: Tim Melling/PA A magnificent hummingbird prepares to dine in Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica Photograph: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA Silk webbing from bird-cherry ermine caterpillars covers trees and shrubs along Waterloo Road in Beeston, Nottinghamshire Photograph: Jacob King/PA Buried treasure … an Asian small-clawed otter emerges from the sand in Nepal. The world's smallest otter, it had not been seen in the region for 185 years and was thought to be extinct, but one was photographed in February, to the delight of conservationists Photograph: Padam Raj Badu An extreme closeup of a spider in Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica Photograph: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA A great blue heron joins spectators waiting to watch the SpaceX Starship rocket launch from Starbase, Texas, US Photograph: Sergio Flores/AFP/Getty Images Close call … a hornet walks along the edge of a carnivorous pitcher plant at the Carolina Beach state park, North Carolina, US Photograph: Erik Verduzco/AP Members of South Africa's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals watch an elephant seal who had strayed onto a street in Gordon's Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa. A team of marine wildlife specialists and a city veterinarian sedated the seal and took it back to the ocean Photograph: AP A privet strider (a kind of sawfly) sits on a leaf in Toronto, Canada Photograph: Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Fur baby … a bear cub that was found all alone in Los Padres national forest, California, sleeps at a San Diego wildlife centre. Biologists hope they can return him to the wilderness next year, provided he can learn to find food, seek shelter and avoid people Photograph: AP A black swallowtail butterfly alights on a purple coneflower in the small town of Waynesville, Illinois, US Photograph: Alan Look/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock Flamingos in the Akgöl wetlands, Turkey Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Grey seals show their playful side while swimming off the English coast, UK Photograph: Brian Matthews/Solent News
