Report: ICE Planning to Double Immigration Detention Space Before December
Federal documents show that before the end of the year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to double its detention space for immigrants scheduled for deportation.
The plans are in motion to enlarge detention space from the 50,000 capacity at the end of the Biden administration to more than 107,000 by the end of the year, the Washington Post reported.
ICE has released plans to open new detention centers in parts of the country that have not hosted such facilities in the past. The plans also include a large number of “soft-sided” housing units — presumably meaning tents — to grow detention spaces quickly.
The initial plans are being funded by the $45 billion negotiated by Congress in the recently passed “Big Beautiful Bill.” The funding has allowed ICE to quickly reach out to award contracts to construction and management companies to begin ramping up construction plans.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/08/15/ice-planning-double-immigration-detention-space-december/
