Mason, Tennessee — The small West Tennessee town of Mason, just 2 square miles in size, is home to about 1,000 people. But its residents are now divided by what a new immigration detention facility will mean for the area.

Shannon Whitfield has lived in Mason for 13 years. Earlier this month, Mason's town leaders voted to reopen a shuttered private prison, the West Tennessee Detention Facility, and turn it into a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

"This is not the place for an ICE facility. This is not the place for a for-profit prison," Whitfield told CBS News.

Mason experienced years of financial problems, including allegations of corruption and mismanagement more than a decade ago that left the town with a mountain of debt and few businesses left to help it bo

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