As allowed by the Trump administration, any undocumented immigrants can be sent to private prisons, also known as for-profit prisons. This allows those who own these prisons and those selling the lockup space to grow their economies immensely. The prisons, however, have absolutely horrible conditions, as shown in Mr. Cortez Diaz's--a former prisoner--statement "They don’t care if someone is sick, if the food goes bad."
Recently, especially since the election of Donald Trump as president, there has been much controversy regarding how we should control the illegal immigration into the U.S. Many think that these immigrants should be punished through imprisonment and deportation, however, they could instead require education so they can learn how to get a job and be a good citizen in America, earning their right to live here. This article appears to be directed towards American citizens, igniting the questions in our minds of what we should do about undocumented immigrants and informing us about the private prison systems being used.
During early colonial times, with the use of slavery, African slaves immigrated (were forced to come) to America in order to work on plantations. These Africans were transported via ships on the Middle Passage, which was considered the hardest part of their journey, as they were tightly packed and often contracted diseases from one another. This unfair containment of the African slaves relates to the unfair imprisonment of the undocumented immigrants, as both were/are forced to survive under horrible circumstances.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/prisons-immigration-detention.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=sectionfront
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