ICE is currently detaining more than 60,000 immigrants—a record high number.
The Trump administration is exploring possibly buying large warehouses originally designed for large shipping companies like Amazon to use as holding centers for immigrants swept up by ICE arrests,President President Donald Trump, Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis and and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem tour a migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz."Described by a Department of Homeland Security official as "mega detention centers," the warehouses would be retrofitted to serve as holding facilities and vastly increase the amount of people who could be detained at a time.A White House official told NBC that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would pay for the warehouses using money allocated in Trump’s large spending bill , and that the warehouses would be owned by the federal government outright, not contracted through states or private prisons. How much the warehouses could cost or where exactly they would be is not clear, but NBC reported locations near airports in the South where immigrants are most often deported are the most likely. Representatives for the White House deferred questions to, Homeland Security which did not immediately respond to Forbes’ request for comment Friday.We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines. Text “Alerts” to 66,000. That's how many detainees were in ICE custody as of this week, CBS News reported, a record high. That number could reach as high as 107,000 by January, according to the
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