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Rep. Walsh: 'Lawsuit against GEO Group was a partisan, politically motivated action by the AG'

By Juliette Fairley | Wednesday, Mar 9, 2022 @ 11:59am

TACOMA, Wash. (Legal Newsline) - When Washington State Rep. Jim Walsh (R-Aberdeen) introduced a budget amendment to the Washington House of Representatives to appropriate $455,0000 to cover the cost of paying minimum wage to patients in civil confinement hospitals, it was in response to a $24 million ruling a U.S. District Judge issued requiring a contractor to pay minimum wage to non-citizen immigrants who are federally detained.