White House defers action for private immigration detention facilities

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Two senior White House officials sidestepped questions Thursday about whether President Biden would direct the Department of Homeland Security to phase out its use of privately run immigration detention facilities, which was a campaign pledge.

“We’re not going to get ahead of the DHS decision-making process,” press secretary Jen Psaki said, pointing to a separate immigration order in which Biden called for a “review” of asylum programs and measures.

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