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President-elect Donald Trump's appointment of immigration hardliner Tom Homan as his "border czar" immediately propelled private prison stocks higher on Monday, with Geo Group jumping over 4% and CoreCivic surging over 6%.
Homan, who previously headed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump's first term, stated on Truth Social that he "will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin," encompassing the southern border, northern border, and all maritime and aviation security. Homan publicly declared at a conservative conference in July that he "will run the biggest deportation operation this country has ever seen" upon Trump's return to office.
Isaac Boltansky, an analyst at BTIG, informed clients on November 6 that a second Trump administration would demonstrate a "far firmer embrace" of Geo Group and CoreCivic. This embrace includes allowing for increased contracting opportunities with the U.S. Marshals Services and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
More critically, Boltansky highlighted that a significantly more aggressive stance on border enforcement directly impacts and expands the ICE business lines for these private prison companies, indicating a substantial operational and revenue boost for the sector.
