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ICE Opens Two-Story Tent Facility in Miami to Address Overcrowding

The newly constructed structure at Krome North Service Processing Center can house 400 detainees and highlights growing concerns over detention capacity and conditions.

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Oksana Tarasiuk cries as she talks about her husband, Maksym Chernyak, who died in ICE custody after being held in Krome Detention Center, at the couple's apartment in Hallandale Beach, Fla., Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Oksana Tarasiuk looks in the mirror of the apartment she shared with her husband, Maksym Chernyak, who died in ICE custody after being held at Krome Detention Center, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Hallandale Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Oksana Tarasiuk holds a cell phone displaying a picture of herself, left, with her husband, Maksym Chernyak, who died in ICE custody after being held at Krome Detention Center, inside the couple's apartment in Hallandale Beach, Fla., Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Overview

  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun moving detainees into a two-story, tent-like facility at Miami’s Krome North Service Processing Center, built in just 14 days to house up to 400 individuals.
  • The facility, described as soft-sided but equipped with cots, televisions, ventilation, and tile flooring, is ICE’s latest response to a surge in arrests that has pushed its detained population to nearly 50,000 nationwide.
  • Lawmakers and advocacy groups have raised alarms over overcrowding and poor conditions at Krome, citing reports of detainees sleeping on floors, inadequate sanitation, and two deaths this year.
  • The expansion comes as enforcement policies, including the Laken Riley Act, have significantly increased arrest targets, straining detention resources and prompting fast-tracked construction and contracting efforts.
  • Calls for transparency and oversight have intensified, with lawmakers demanding detailed plans from the Department of Homeland Security to improve conditions and ensure humane treatment of detainees.