So: Government agents aren't necessarily the ones making these decisions; it's been left up to contractors, such as CoreCivic (which runs private detention centres).
In one case (Andry José Hernandez, the makeup artist) the report that concluded he was a TDA member lists as its Investigator a CoreCivic employee who;
1. Was fired as a sergeant after driving his car into a family home when drunk;
2. Was under investigation for defrauding payroll when he was fired;
3. Was on a list of enforcement officers deemed by prosecutors to have credibility issues bad enough to damage his ability to testify in court.
Phoenixmgs asked me earlier, "why would we just put them in prison" if people were innocent. Well, how about we let Prudential Securities-- an insurer that wrote a report on CoreCivic 40 years ago-- answer that question?
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Low occupancy is a drag on profits... company earnings would be strong if CoreCivic succeeded in ramping up population levels in its new facilities at an acceptable rate".
And, of course, El Salvador received a few million dollars for its role.