Dozens of lawmakers to investigate companies building Trump's detention centers

Summary: Over 50 lawmakers, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, are investigating the companies building new immigration detention centers for the Trump administration. The government plans to spend $38.3 billion to turn massive warehouses into holding facilities, a move one official compared to "Amazon Prime, but with human beings." Lawmakers are raising the alarm over two major issues: inhumane living conditions, since these buildings were meant for products instead of people, and serious corruption concerns. They pointed out that some government officials handing out these contracts used to work for the very prison companies receiving them.

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