US EditionSouth 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.
- In June, county and federal authorities finalized a $47 million agreement to enlarge the detention center located in Charlton County, Georgia, known as the D. Ray James facility.
- The expansion reflects the Trump administration's priority on immigration enforcement and aligns with a recent $45 billion congressional budget increase for new detention centers.
- The project will expand the facility's capacity from around 1,100 beds to close to 3,000 and is expected to generate about 400 new jobs in the local area.
- U.S. Rep. Earl "Buddy" Carter expressed his satisfaction in collaborating with Charlton County to complete the expansion of the D. Ray James Correctional Facility, highlighting that the project enhances Georgia’s leadership in securing the southern border.
- The expanded center will become the nation’s largest immigration detention facility and provide Folkston with $600,000 in annual revenue from water and sewer services.
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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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