White House Considering Large Warehouses For Immigrant Detention, Report Says
The administration aims to increase detention capacity by purchasing large warehouses, potentially accommodating up to 107,000 detainees by January, funded by a recent budget package.
- This year the Trump administration is exploring buying warehouses built by developers with Amazon in mind to retrofit as ICE detention centers, with deal talks past early stages but not finalized.
- DHS officials say purchases would increase deportation efficiency, with funds from the budget reconciliation package the White House calls 'One Big Beautiful Bill'.
- Amazon warehouses average 800,000 square feet and some sites reach 3.8 million square feet, far larger than Tacoma, Washington’s ICE facility housing 1,500 immigrants in 277,000 square feet.
- ICE would buy and operate the centers, shifting away from private prison contractors despite struggling to meet arrest and hiring goals, DHS officials said.
- Following prior unconventional proposals such as tents and military sites, the administration overcame contracting and construction hurdles to house over 2,000 immigrants and recently announced more state-run detention facilities in Florida, Louisiana and Indiana.
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ICE Considers Putting Detainees in Warehouses Built for Amazon
The Trump administration is looking into dramatically expanding its immigrant detention capacity by retrofitting unused warehouses, originally built for companies like Amazon, into what officials are calling "mega detention centers." Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering purchasing large installations—some more than double the size of those ICE uses now—...
US govt in early talks to buy warehouses as ‘mega detention centres’ for ICE detention of immigrants
The Trump administration is reportedly in early talks to buy warehouses as ‘mega detention centres’ to be used by ICE as detention facilities for immigrants before they are deported. Here's all we know about the development.
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is exploring buying warehouses that were designed for clients like Amazon and retrofitting them as detention facilities for immigrants before they are deported, a move that would vastly expand the government’s detention capacity, according to a Homeland Security Department official and a White House official
US eyeing Amazon-style warehouses to hold immigrants – NBC - The Press United
ICE is reportedly considering facilities near southern airports used for deportations as part of Trump’s crackdown The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering converting giant warehouses originally built for companies such as Amazon into holding facilities for immigrants who have been detained for violating the law, NBC has reported, citing unnamed government sources. […] The post US eyeing Amazon-style warehouses to hold immi…
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