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Immigration Officials Plan to Spend $38.3 Billion to Boost Detention Capacity to 92,000 Beds
DHS aims to increase detention capacity to 92,600 beds by converting warehouses, supporting enforcement growth and creating over 1,500 jobs, officials said.
- Late Thursday, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte shared documents showing the Department of Homeland Security plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers.
- An overview shows ICE plans to purchase and convert 16 processing centers for 1,000–1,500 detainees and 8 large-scale base camps holding 10,000 migrants, aiming for increased capacity.
- Ayotte immediately shared the documents with the Town of Merrimack after receiving them in response to an inquiry, which estimated 1,500 retrofit jobs and 265 new positions.
- Congress appears ready to approve funding through the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill, and ICE plans to have centers operational by the end of November to support 2026 enforcement operations.
- Recent warehouse buys across several states signal increased political friction after the governor previously denied knowing an ICE center was coming to Merrimack.
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DHS to spend $38 billion turning warehouses into ICE detention centers
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into immigrant detention centers, according to documents shared late Thursday by New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte. Ayotte said in a statement that she received the documents in response to an inquiry about the economic impact on the town of Merrimack, where $158 million will be spent to retrofit a warehouse into a holding facility. Related Articles …
Immigration Officials Plan to Spend $38.3 Billion to Boost Detention Capacity to 92,000 Beds
(AP) – Federal immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,600 beds, a document released Friday shows, as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly purchases warehouses to turn into detention and processing facilities. Republican New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte posted the document online amid tension over ICE’s plans to convert […]
Mass. Gov. Healey ‘demands’ Gov. Ayotte to oppose new ICE detention center in New Hampshire
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is “demanding” New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte oppose federal plans to turn a large warehouse in Merrimack into a detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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U.S. federal immigration authorities plan to spend $38.3 billion to increase detention capacity to 92,600 beds, as shown in a paper released on Friday, while the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) purchases warehouses discreetly to turn them into detention and processing centers. New Hampshire Republican governor Kelly Ayotte posted the document on the Internet amid the tension over ICE's plans to turn a warehouse in Merrimack town in…
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