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ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE aims to increase detention capacity to 92,600 beds by converting warehouses into regional and large-scale centers amid a surge in arrests and agent hires.
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend $38.3 billion to increase detention capacity to 92,600 beds, purchasing warehouses to convert into detention and processing facilities.
- ICE plans to establish 16 regional processing centers housing 1,000 to 1,500 detainees for 3 to 7 days, and 8 large detention centers for 7,000 to 10,000 detainees for under 60 days.
- The expansion, financed by President Trump's tax cuts, aims to have all facilities operational by November, as detained immigrant numbers rose from 40,000 to over 75,000 under his administration.
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This Is Much Worse Than Mere Detention
Writing about a recent ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that affirmed the Trump administration’s policy of mandatory and indefinite detention for immigrants held by either ICE or Customs and Border Protection, my colleague David French makes a point that bears repeating: There are thousands upon thousands of immigrants facing brutal conditions who’ve been convicted of no crime and haven’t even been accused of a…
The federal immigration authorities of the United States planned to spend $38.3 billion (32.3 billion) to increase the capacity of detention for 92,600 beds.
The US government wants to spend more than 32 billion euros on new deportation prisons this year.
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