>> Eric: ALL THESE FIGURES.

THANKS FOR COMING OVER.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, OF COURSE.

>> ERIC: APPLETON OFFICIALS ARE GETTING SOME FINANCIAL RELIEF.

THIS WEEK, CORECIVIC AND THE CITY AGREED TO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

THE FEDERAL PRISON CONTRACTOR HAS AGREED TO PAY THE CITY MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION PER YEAR TO OFFSET THE LOSS OF TAX REVENUE AFTER THE PRISON WAS SOLD TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

REPORTER KAOMI LEE CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE IN SWIFT COUNTY.

>> COME ON IN.

>> LOOKS LIKE SOME GOOD BONES, SHAWN.

>> YEAH.

>> NO ONE OWNS MORE BUSINESSES IN APPLETON THAN SHAWN SWENSON.

ONE OF THEM IS FLIPPING HOUSES.

HE'S DONE 25 OF THEM.

>> THE YEAR I STARTED BUSINESS IN TOWN HERE WAS THE YEAR THEY CLOSED THE PRISON.

SO THINGS HAVE BEEN HARD EVER SINCE.

>> THAT WAS IN 2010.

'HE STARTED BUYING UP ABANDONED HOMES AND BUSINESSES AS WORKERS LEFT TOWN.

>> I WASN'T GOING TO SET ANYTHING UP STRICTLY TO ACCOMMODATE IF THE PRISON OPENED.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD OPEN.

>> BUT LAST MONTH, CORECIVIC ANNOUNCED IT SOLD THE 1600-BED PRISON TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

SWENSON SAYS THAT WILL INCREASE LOCAL HOME PRICES AND MORE FOOT TRAFFIC WILL BE GOOD FOR HIS OTHER BUSINESSES TOO.

>> EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN TOWN NOW IS GOING TO BE REACTION.

IT'S GOING TO BE, AS WE NEED.

WE'LL FILL THE VOIDS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESSES LOOKING AT IT, TOO.

SO THAT WILL BE GOOD, OUTSIDE COMPANIES COMING IN.

>> ABOUT 150 PEOPLE ATTENDED AN INFORMATIONAL FORUM LAST MONTH AT THE LOCAL VFW, IT WAS ORGANIZED BY REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR TORRE WESTROM AND REPRESENTATIVE PAUL ANDERSON.

CONGRESSWOMAN MICHELLE FISCHBACH URGED OPTIMISM.

>> I CAN'T STRESS NOUGH, 500 JOBS.

500 JOBS.

UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, MY DISTRICT IS THE WESTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA.

AND SO MANY OF THOSE -- SO MANY OF THE SMALL TOWNS WOULD LOVE TO SEE 500 JOBS.

>> BUT THERE ARE ONLY TEN HOMES FOR SALE IN APPLETON, AND OFFICIALS SAY ADDING HUNDREDS OF DETAINEES AND PRISON EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL INCREASE COSTS FOR CITY SERVICES.

>> IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S NOT GOING TO UNLOCK THE DOOR TOMORROW AND 1600 FOLKS ARE GOING TO WALK IN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD UP TO THOSE THINGS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW.

AND, SO, WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU DO THAT.

>> THROUGH LOCAL OFFICIALS, CORECIVIC SAID THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY AT AN ADULT I.C.E.

DETENTION FACILITY WAS 35 TO 56 DAYS IN 2026.

>> THE MAJORITY OF INDIVIDUALS CARED FOR AT THE FACILITY WILL BE PROCESSED FOR DEDEPORTATION.

WE WILL NOT RELEASE ANY INDIVIDUALS FROM THE FACILITY DIRECTLY INTO THE APPLETON COMMUNITY UNLESS AN INDIVIDUAL RESIDES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

>> CORECIVIC SAID NO CHILDREN WILL BE HELD IN APPLETON.

SOME IN THE AUDIENCE VOICE DISAPPROVAL ABOUT I.C.E.

>> MY GOD, OF COURSE WE NEED JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR IMMIGRATION POLICY.

AND IT'S DOWNRIGHT STUPID TO TAKE ALL THOSE WORKERS OUT OF THEIR JOBS AND HOUSE THEM OUT HERE, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF OUR TAX MONEY.

>> I UNDERSTAND THIS MOVE DOES NOT SIT WELL WITH EVERYBODY.

THERE ARE SOME WHO DO NOT LIKE WHAT THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR.

THESE ARE FEDERAL ACTIONS AND ARE RULES OF LAW.

IN MY OPINION, THE HOLDING OF DETAINEES IS GOING O CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WHETHER OR NOT THE PROCESS GOES ON HERE AT APPLETON.

>> THE CORECIVIC PRIVATE PRISON HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS.

SENATOR WESTROM SAID THE WALZ ADMINISTRATION HAD THE OPTION OF LEASING BEDS THERE AFTER THE STATE PRISON IN STILLWATER CLOSED.

ULTIMATELY, LAWMAKERS BANNED PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT PRISONS IN 2023.

>> I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS POLITICAL, BUT IT WASN'T MY PARTY THAT OPPOSED IT.

I PUSHED HARD, I WAS FRUSTRATED WE COULDN'T GET THAT THROUGH.

>> ACCORDING TO THE DEDEPORTATION DATA PROJECT, I.C.E.

ARRESTS HAVE QUADRUPLED IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

DEPORTATIONS HAVE RISEN BY NEARLY FIVE TIMES.

ONE DEMOCRAT LAWMAKER SAYS HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF DETAINEES IN PRIVATE PRISONS.

>> THE OTHER THING WE KNOW IS THAT I.C.E.-RUN DETENTION FACILITIES HAVE ALSO HAD LOTS OF PROBLEMS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WITH A HIGHER DEATH RATE, INHUMANE CONDITIONS, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS TO OPPOSE THIS KIND OF A PRISON.

>> THIS WEEK CORECIVIC -- AND 1.2 MILLION ANNUALLY STARTING NEXT YEAR.

CORECIVIC IS UNDER A FIVE-YEAR MANAGEMENT CONTRACT TO RUN THE FACILITY.

THE AGREEMENT WOULD HELP THE CITY OFFSET LOST TAX REVENUE AND COSTS FOR INCREASED SERVICES LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE ARRANGEMENT CAN BE CANCELED AT ANY TIME.

[ ANIMAL SOUNDS ] >> AT THE SWIFT COUNTY FAIR SUPPORTERS OF THE PRISON WERE NOT HARD TO FIND.

THIS FARMER WAS VISITING FROM CLARA CITY.

HE SAID SMALL TOWNS NEED MORE INDUSTRY, EVEN A PRISON.

>> ANYTHING TO BRING XTRA DOLLARS INTO T EXTRA JOBS, PEOPLE FIX THEIR HOUSES UP, MORE TEACHERS, MORE RESTAURANTS.

YES.

THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD YOUR MAIN STREET.

>> DONALD YOUNG IS A RETIRED DAIRY FARMER FROM BENSON, ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY.

HE SAYS HE SUPPORTS I.C.E.

DETAINMENT OF UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO SAY, WELL, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE AND FEED OUR FAMILY.

>> BUT THEY CAN COME HERE LEGALLY.

THEY CAN COME HERE LEGALLY AND HAVE THAT BETTER LIFE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WISH.

YOU KNOW?

AND THOSE THAT WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE COME LEGALLY.

♪ I'M NOT AFRAID, NO ♪ ♪ I AM NOT AFRAID ♪ >> MEANWHILE, I.C.E.

PROTESTERS GATHERED FOR THEIR WEEKLY ACTION.

BRUCE MEYER IS THE SEVENTH GENERATION IN HIS FAMILY TO LIVE IN APPLETON.

>> THIS ISN'T US.

THIS IS NOT THIS TOWN.

AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO REPRESENT THIS TOWN.

>> HE SAYS HE WAS ACTIVATED BY WHAT HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS THIS PAST WINTER.

>> WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP?

ARE THEY GOING TO BE GOING ON OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS?

THEY'RE GOING TO USE THIS I.C.E.

POLICE FORCE TO COME