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ICE Warehouse Purchases Spur Backlash as Detention Expansion Moves Ahead
ICE aims to expand detention capacity to about 92,000 beds by 2026, including eight mega-centers each housing up to 10,000 detainees, at $38 billion cost.
- ICE is purchasing warehouses, but some owners are backing out of deals due to lack of prior notification to communities.
- Local officials were not informed before ICE purchased a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona for $70 million to retrofit into a 1,500-bed processing site.
- After raising concerns, the owner of a warehouse in Merrillville sent a letter stating it is not negotiating with federal officials for the property.
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Socorro. Federal immigration authorities purchased for $122.8 million three huge warehouses to transform them into a detention center for immigrants in Socorro, outside the city of El Paso, Texas, without the knowledge of the local authorities, whose communities have become discreet targets of the $45 billion expansion of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE).
More than 20 locations with department stores have become hidden targets for the $45 billion expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers. Some communities complain that ICE does not inform them until after it has acquired space for thousands of detainees. In some cases, warehouse owners refuse to sell. Arizona Local officials were told nothing before ICE bought a warehouse of 38,833 square meters (418.
In a town in Texas, on the edge of the Rio Bravo River—which the United States calls Rio Grande—and next to a high metal border wall, rumors circulated that federal immigration authorities were looking to buy three huge warehouses to transform them into a detention center.Local authorities rushed to find out what was going on, but a deed appeared showing that the Department of Homeland Security had already closed an agreement for $122.8 million …
At least 20 communities with large warehouses are stealth targets for massive ICE detention centers. 'There was absolutely no warning'
In many cases, mayors, county commissioners, governors and members of Congress learned about ICE’s ambitions only after the agency bought or leased space for detainees.
At least 20 communities with large warehouses are stealth targets for massive ICE detention centers. ‘There was absolutely no warning’
In a Texas town at the edge of the Rio Grande and a tall metal border wall, rumors swirled that federal immigrationofficials wanted to purchase three hulking warehouses to transform into a detention center. As local officials scrambled to find out what was happening, a deed was filed showing the Department of Homeland Security had already inked a $122.8 million deal for the 826,000-square-foot (76,738-square-meter) warehouses in Socorro, a bedro…
The U.S. Immigration Department has purchased large warehouses in about 20 communities, apparently to be converted into deportation and detention centres to increase detention capacity.
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