<div class='node-body'><p>American prison companies have detained unprecedented amounts of undocumented immigrants in exchange for massive profits, following a decade long lobbying effort which has influenced immigration policies at federal and state levels, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/immigrants-prove-big-business-prison-companies-084353195.html?_esi=1" target="_blank">according to a new report</a> by the <em>Associated Press</em>.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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