President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policy is filling immigrant detention centers across the United States — and at the same time, the pockets of the country’s largest private prison companies, Geo Group and CoreCivic.

CoreCivic and Geo Group reported significant profits for the second quarter of this year, and their earnings are expected to continue rising ahead of their upcoming financial reports, scheduled for November 5 and 6, respectively.

The Trump administration’s detention and deportation agenda, executed primarily by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is supported by an unprecedented budget of $30 billion, along with another $45 billion earmarked for the construction of new detention centers for both adults and minors.

According to the company’s second quarterly report released in August, GEO Group recorded total revenues of $636.2 million —an increase from $607.2 million during the same period last year. The company’s chief executive described these results as “significant progress” toward achieving its growth objectives, according to the firm’s official website.

GEO Group, ICE’s main contractor, expects next-quarter revenues to range between $650 and $660 million. Meanwhile, CoreCivic reported earnings of $538.2 million, representing a 9.8% increase compared to the second quarter of the previous year, and is expected to maintain similar growth in its next report.

The profits of the two leading corporations illustrate in detail how these companies are benefiting from the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda, according to the outlet prismreports.org.

Both companies signed contracts with the federal government to increase bed capacity in their detention facilities, in addition to new agreements to reopen previously closed sites. “What they are doing is atrocious; there is no other way to describe the act of profiting from human suffering,” said Paolo Almirón, media coordinator for the advocacy group Resistencia en Acción Nueva Jersey, in comments to the outlet. (CubaSí)