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ICE signs $1 billion contract with private firm for New Jersey detention center

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has signed a 15-year, $1 billion contract with the GEO Group to operate a 1,000-bed detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.
The federal government is looking to expand detention space by using military bases, including at Fort Bliss in Texas, which could initially house 1,000 immigrants but eventually up to 10,000 beds.
Immigrants' rights groups have sued the Trump administration over the move, arguing that those being held at Fort Bliss have been cut off from legal counsel and contact with their families.

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ICE to open East Coast’s largest federal immigration detention center in Newark

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that the new facility will be located at the Delaney Hall Facility, which has a 1,000-bed capacity.

23 hours ago·New York, United States

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Newsmax

ICE Signs $1B Deal to Reopen N.J. Detention Center

The location near an international airport streamlines logistics and helps facilitate the timely processing of individuals in our custody as we pursue President [Donald] Trump's mandate to arrest, detain, and remove illegal aliens from our communities, acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello said in a statement.

1 day ago·Washington, United States

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The Hill

ICE signs $1 billion contract with private firm for New Jersey detention center

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Wednesday it would reopen a 1,000-bed New Jersey detention center after signing a $1 billion contract with a private global lender. ICE will use the Delaney Hall facility in Newark for federal immigration processing. “The location near an international airport streamlines logistics, and helps facilitate the timely…

1 day ago·Washington, United States

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Raw Story

ICE signs up private prison firm to open massive $60M-a-year immigrant detention center

The largest federal immigration detention center on the east coast will open in Newark, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Wednesday. Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed facility located next to the Essex County jail, will be the first immigration detention center to open under the Trump...

1 day ago·United States

ICE will reopen a major detention center in New Jersey as it eyes a broader expansion

The Trump administration is expanding its immigration detention capacity, reopening a 1,000-bed detention center in New Jersey and adding beds at other privately-owned facilities around the country.Immigration authorities say Delaney Hall, as the facility in Newark, N.J., is known, will be the first new detention center to open during President Trump’s second term.Delaney Hall had previously operated as a detention center until 2017. Its locatio…

1 day ago·Portland, United States

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