( September 15, 2026, 2:41 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred when it held that a private contractor running immigration detention facilities must pay detainees participating in a voluntary work program the state-mandated minimum wage rather than the $1 per day wage most were making, the United States argues in an amicus curiae brief filed Sept. 15 in the U.S. Supreme Court....