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8mo ago

Internal Doc Points to 9,500‑Bed ICE Site in Hutchins, Texas

DHS says it has no new centers to announce despite documents and local concern over a warehouse conversion near Dallas.

ICE plans to detain as many as 1,500 people in a former Pep Boys auto parts warehouse in Chester, NY. (Google)
ICE is planning on using this warehouse as a “mega” detention center, according to an agency document. It would house about 9,500 individuals on the southeast corner of Interstate 45 and Interstate 20 in Hutchins, Texas, on Jan. 16, 2026. Downtown Dallas can be seen in the distance. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP
Protestors hold signs opposing deportation outside the entrance to an ICE detention centre in Texas.

Overview

  • An internal ICE document identifies a vacant Hutchins warehouse as a potential 'mega' detention site with roughly 9,500 beds, the largest in the country if completed.
  • The same document names three additional Texas facilities that together would add at least 20,000 detention beds statewide.
  • Hutchins officials say they were not notified, city records show no certificate of occupancy applications, and county records list ownership under a Delaware LLC with no deed transfer on file.
  • DHS acknowledges ICE is expanding detention capacity but says there are no new sites to announce, as ICE cites efficiency in handling rising arrests and transfers.
  • Federal purchases elsewhere have accelerated, including $102 million for a Hagerstown, Maryland site and $70 million in cash for a Surprise, Arizona warehouse, drawing protests in multiple states.