Supreme Court Skeptical of Private Immigration Prison Operator’s Appeal

Lower courts had ruled the company operating an immigration detention facility had no right to appeal an unfavorable ruling before a trial finished.

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Nov. 10, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court seemed unsympathetic to a private prison operator’s appeal in a lawsuit alleging that some of its immigration detainees were illegally made to work for $1 a day.

In the Nov. 10 oral argument in GEO Group Inc. v. Menocal, the justices examined rules governing civil litigation, as opposed to the labor issue that is the focus of the lawsuit.