Three West Virginia jails are being used to house immigrant detainees in a deal that has made the state’s corrections division more than $333,000 so far this year.

During President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign , 48 West Virginia beds have been made available daily under the contract with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, according to West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson Andy Malinoski.

“Inmates are moved within the facility to accommodate ICE detainees,” he said.

There were 101 ICE inmates detained as of Sept. 29, according to state corrections records. The immigrants could be from anywhere in the country as they await their next steps in the process.

ICE pays West Virginia $90 for each day it holds an ICE detainee — about the sa

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