ICE Detention facilities run by GEO Group facing massive class action lawsuit

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 By Helena GlassGlobal Research, August 21, 2026 The Wackenhut Group was formed in 1954 by former FBI Agent George Wackenhut and three FBI partners William Stanton, Kenneth Altschul, and Ed Dubois, Jr. to provide security services. Given its government ties, the company began working in cohort with the CIA and DEA including William Casey and Frank Carlucci. During the McCarthy era, Wackenhut claimed to have compiled ‘files’ on 4 million Americans accusing them of ‘communist ...