Overview

• Internal ICE planning documents updated July 30 outline a push to expand bed capacity from around 60,000 to more than 107,000 by the end of 2025.
• Congress has approved roughly $45 billion in new funding, directing major contracts to private prison operators including Geo Group and CoreCivic.
• ICE currently holds over 60,000 people while administration officials cite about 1,400 deportations per day, a figure not yet independently verified.
• Local responses have included LAUSD’s deployment of safe zones in schools and municipal probes into ICE raids alongside ongoing legal challenges.
• High-profile detentions of activist Giovanna Hernández, re-entry defendant Arsenio Valladares and detainee Eduard Hernández highlight humanitarian and due-process concerns.