ICE's $45B Tent Detention Plan Raises Alarms Over Past Safety and Sanitation Issues

ICE's $45B Tent Detention Plan Raises Alarms Over Past Safety and Sanitation Issues

A new report has revealed mounting criticism against the $45 billion plan by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to rapidly expand its detention infrastructure through tent-based facilities

ICE plans to build more tent jails for immigrants. What could go wrong?

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), now the best-funded federal law enforcement agency in the United States, is embarking on a plan to drastically expand its detention infrastructure. But considering the $45 billion it’s been given for the job, the agency’s vision for its new facilities seems startlingly low-tech. In July, the Wall Street Journal got its hands on internal government documents revealing that ICE wants to incarcerate more i…