** Shares of private prison operator CoreCivic Inc CXW.N up 4.8% premarket at $19.22 as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement $(ICE)$ to reopen Texas detention center
** CXW said late Weds it reached agreement with ICE to resume operations at the South Texas Family Residential Center (STFRC) in Dilley, Texas, with capacity for up to 2,400 individuals
** Total rev from the facility expected to be $180 mln, including medical services, and to be accretive to earnings beginning in Q2 2025, co said
** The amended agreement expires in Mar 2030
** Simultaneously, CXW entered new lease agreement with Target Hospitality TH.O, the facility's owner
** Shares of THO jumping 14.3% to $6.33 before the bell
** Last Jun, ICE said it would shutter the facility, which was built in 2014, to reallocate funds and expand detention bed space elsewhere
** Through Weds close, CXW shares down ~15% YTD. Stock has risen 35% since Nov 5 election as U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to crack down on illegal immigration
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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