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New FEMA Grant Program Gives States $600M to Build Migrant Detention Centers
UNITED STATES, JUL 25 – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will allocate $608 million to states for migrant detention center construction under a grant program with applications due by August 8.
- This week, FEMA announced a $608 million detention support grant program with an August 8 application deadline.
- Seeking to expand capacity, the Trump administration has been encouraging states to build detention facilities, with Congress during the Biden administration directing DHS to fund the Shelter and Services Program, separate from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.
- At the Dade-Collier Airport, Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz costs an estimated $450 million annually, according to DHS officials.
- According to FEMA, the program will relieve overcrowding at short-term holding facilities, while FEMA declined to answer whether Florida would receive funding.
- ICE reported more than 56,000 migrants in custody as of June, signaling a trend toward detention capacity expansion.
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