CoreCivic recently sold a prison in Kansas and two in California to the federal government for immigrant detention. Others opposed it being used for immigrant detention, raising concerns about how detainees are treated in other facilities. The company has not provided specifics about how many people it will need to hire to run the detention facility. Since late July, critics of the plan to use the prison for immigrant detention have protested Thursday evenings down the road from the facility. Opponents of using the prison for immigrant detention worry it will have a negative impact on immigrants who've helped keep the town going during tough times.