Federal Government Expanding ICE Facility in Upstate NY

What Is ICE Building at New York’s Largest Detention Center?

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is adding 100 beds to New York’s largest and only ICE-run immigration detention center, but it has refused to describe what form the expansion will take, raising the possibility that the agency could use trailers or prefabricated structures to house detainees.ICE said last week that it was expanding the 650-bed Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia in response to a recent state law that will bar the ag…

Federal government expanding ICE facility in Upstate NY

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is constructing a new 100-bed detention facility on federal property at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia to “ensure sufficient detention capacity” for its immigration enforcement mission, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson.The new hard-sided facility will provide those in custody with recreation, religious accommodations and medical and mental health services, acc…

ICE expanding Batavia detention center

BATAVIA — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to add 100 beds to its 650-bed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Batavia, an agency spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.