Laura Ingraham defends for-profit prisons

Ingraham: “We all know the real reason for this -- open borders”

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From the September 17 edition of Fox News' The Ingraham Angle:

LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): We warned you last week that California is the incubator for the left's wildest ideas, and the state legislature recently passed a bill banning for-profit prisons in the state. Sounds like a lofty goal. 



Well, that includes four I.C.E. detention facilities that can hold up to 4,500 illegals each. 



Now, we all know the real reason for this -- open borders. Here is what the head of an activist group behind the bill told a local outlet: "People do not need to be transferred. We've had closures in the state of California, and we were able to have just and humane closures where many people were released to their families."