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Alonzo was driving home from the hospital where his baby girl had just been born, when he heard a police siren blare behind him. A Tucson, Ariz., police officer pulled him over, citing an incorrect lane change.

The encounter quickly spiraled into his detention by Border Patrol. After a brief court hearing, he was sentenced to 30 days in a detention facility for unlawful re-entry into the United States. This facility, the Florence Correctional Center, is owned by the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA); their 2013 profits totaled a record $300 million dollars. Alonzo's one-month detention bolstered these profits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLA-cm-VzLA

http://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/U-S-immigrant-policy-Detention-for-dollars-6290222.php