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South 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, Georgia's D. Ray James Correctional Facility will become the nation's largest ICE detention center after a $47 million contract expanding beds to nearly 3,000.
  • Last week, Congress approved a $45 billion budget boost, a 265% increase driven by President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement priorities.
  • The $47 million contract will nearly triple the facility's beds from 1,100 to 3,000, creating about 400 jobs and generating $600,000 annually for Folkston, Georgia.
  • The expansion boosts Georgia's border-security role and brings regional jobs and economic growth, according to Rep. Carter.
  • More broadly, the $47 million project signals the Trump administration's focus on expanding the nationwide ICE detention network and enforcement capacity.
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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 dollars, higher than most of the world's armies, according to specialists. Trump's budget makes ICE the largest security agency in the United States was first published in Digital Process.

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Telemundo 20 broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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