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Immigration

Oct. 1, 2026

GEO Group sues California over new immigration detention rules

Private detention operator GEO Group is challenging California's new Civil Detainees' Bill of Rights Act, arguing the state cannot impose its own standards and enforcement regime on facilities operating under federal ICE contracts.

The GEO Group Inc. sued California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday, seeking to block a new state law imposing standards for the treatment of people held in privately operated federal immigration detention facilities.

The complaint, filed in the Eastern District of California, argues that SB 942, the Civil Detainees' Bill of Rights Act of 2026, unconstitutionally interferes with federal authority over immigration detention. GEO operates several California facilities und...

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