... nation, second only to casinos. While it is easy for the average person to recognize why casino growth is so rapid ("the house always wins"), it isn't quite so apparent why prison growth is almost as tremendous. The answer in both cases is money. Wall ... to find and deport troublesome immigrants (both legal residents and undocumented immigrants). In the 1996 Immigration Reform Act, Congress widely expanded the list of crimes for which a noncitizen must be deported after serving his or her sentence. These crimes, called "aggravated felonies," are now defined to ... TWA hires inmates in ...

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