EXCLUSIVE — Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell has come out in strong support of the Trump administration’s decision to open a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in the blue state.

ICE awarded CoreCivic a major contract to repurpose its shuttered facility in Appleton, Minnesota, known as the Prairie Correctional Facility, and reopen it by the end of the year.

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