US EditionICE Is Quietly Buying Warehouses for Detention Centers
ICE plans eight large-scale centers housing up to 10,000 detainees each as part of a $45 billion expansion funded by increased federal budget allocations.
- Signed deeds and local reports show ICE bought at least seven warehouses in Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Texas, prompting community concern.
- The Feb. 13 disclosure shows a federal plan to dramatically increase detention capacity with $38.3 billion to reach 92,000 beds, including eight large centers, 16 processing sites, and 10 turnkey facilities.
- In Socorro, a filed deed shows Department of Homeland Security bought 826,000-square-foot warehouses for $122.8 million, while Social Circle only learned after a $128.6 million sale of a 1 million-square-foot warehouse closed and officials questioned water and sewage capacity.
- Local leaders warned of fiscal and infrastructure strains as city councils and local officials faced hours-long public comment sessions, while Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes raised legal challenges and possible court action.
- This past week ICE acknowledged it made a `mistake` announcing warehouse purchases in Chester, New York, and Roxbury, New Jersey; other deals were scuttled in eight locations as detention counts rose to 75,000 from 40,000 using military contracts.
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MORGAN LEE SOCORO, Texas, U.S.A. (AP) — In a town in Texas on the edge of the Rio Bravo (Grand) and a high border wall, rumors circulated that federal immigration authorities wanted to buy three huge warehouses to transform them into a detention center. Local authorities rushed to find out what was going on, and a deed was presented showing that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had already concluded a $122.8…
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ICE’s purchases for big detention centres are marked by secrecy, frustrating towns
In a Texas town at the edge of the Rio Grande and a tall metal border wall, rumors swirled that federal immigration officials wanted to purchase three hulking warehouses to transform into a detention centre.
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