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South Georgia Soon to Become Home to Nation's Largest Immigrant Detention Center
SOUTH GEORGIA, JUL 9 – The $45 billion budget increases immigration detention capacity by 265%, expanding the D. Ray James facility to nearly 3,000 beds and creating about 400 local jobs.
- Last week, officials reached a $47 million contract to expand the D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Charlton County, Georgia, potentially making it the largest ICE detention center in the U.S.
- Last week, a Republican-passed budget bill allocated $45 billion, representing a 265% increase, to fund immigration detention expansion aligned with President Trump’s enforcement priorities.
- U.S. Rep. Carter said the expansion boosts Georgia's status as a regional leader, creates jobs, and drives economic growth, reflecting strong local support.
- More broadly, the $47 million expansion signals the Trump administration’s focus on growing the nationwide ICE detention network.
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President Donald Trump’s “great and beautiful law” will make the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) the largest security agency in the United States, with an estimated budget of $75 billion, higher than most of the world’s armies, according to specialists. With the budget that Trump signed on July 4, ICE will receive $45 billion by 2029 to build new detention centers, 62 percent more than the entire federal prison system and that woul…
Folkston immigrant detention center to become nation’s largest
ATLANTA – South Georgia soon will become home to the largest illegal immigrant detention center in the country. The D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Charlton County will become part of the Folkston Immigration and Customs
A Georgia Immigration Detention Center Will Be The Nation's Largest
South Georgia soon will become home to the largest illegal immigrant detention center in the country. The D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Charlton County will become part of the Folkston Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Centre under a $47 million contract county and federal government officials reached in June. The nearly 3,000-bed facility […] The post A Georgia Immigration Detention Center Will Be The Nation’s Largest…
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Clayton NewsFolkston immigration detention center to become nation’s largest
ATLANTA – South Georgia soon will become home to the largest illegal immigrant detention center in the country. The D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Charlton County will become part of the Folkston Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Centre under a $47 million contract county and federal government officials reached in June. The nearly 3,000-bed facility – up from its current capacity of almost 1,100 beds – would bring about
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