US EditionUS races to build migrant tent camps after $45 billion funding boost, WSJ reports
UNITED STATES, JUL 19 – ICE aims to more than double detention beds to 100,000 using $45 billion in funding, focusing on large tent camps at military bases and ICE jails, officials said.
- US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expanding migrant tent camps with $45 billion in funding, aiming to increase capacity from 40,000 to 100,000 beds by year-end, according to The Wall Street Journal.
- ICE is focusing on setting up tent facilities at military bases, including a 5,000-bed site at Fort Bliss in Texas and additional locations in Colorado, Indiana, and New Jersey, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
- US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned talks with five Republican-led states to establish new detention sites, inspired by the 'Alligator Alcatraz' facility in Florida, as she said in a press conference.
- ICE has not confirmed the specifics of its plan to increase detention capacity but stated it is exploring all available options, according to a senior official quoted by Reuters.
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ICE Races to Build Migrant Tent Camps
“With an overnight tripling of its annual budget and intensifying pressure to increase deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is racing to expand its detention space with temporary tentlike structures, despite safety warnings,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is rapidly setting up new tent camps across the US to house migrants
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ICE races to build migrant tent camps after $45 billion GOP funding boost – WSJ
Top US officials at Homeland Security, including US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, have expressed a preference for detention centers run by Republican states and local governments rather than private prison companies
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