Overview
- The Washington Post reports an internal ICE draft to remodel large industrial warehouses into facilities holding 5,000–10,000 people each, with smaller 500–1,500‑bed processing sites.
- Identified locations include Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Georgia and Missouri, with cited cities such as Stafford, Kansas City, Hutchins, Baytown, Hammond, Glendale and Social Circle, plus smaller centers in Chester, Salt Lake City and Los Fresnos.
- ICE intends to circulate the draft to private detention companies for remodeling and operation; the document describes housing units, showers, kitchens, dining halls, recreation areas and a library.
- Official data show more than 605,000 removals since January 20, 2025, and CBP reports 443,671 apprehensions in FY2025 versus 2.135 million a year earlier, a drop linked in coverage to tighter controls by Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.
- La Jornada, citing The Intercept, reports contractors have already been paid over $1 million across 10 firms with potential contracts exceeding $1 billion by 2027, and documents reference targeting roughly 1.5 million people, as National Guard troops are deployed to New Orleans in a separate enforcement push.