New ICE Facility to Open in Texas

New ICE Facility to Open in Texas
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officers on March 20, 2019. ICE/Flickr
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer announced the opening of a new detention facility in Dallas, Texas. It will officially start functioning during the week of Dec. 9.

The Bluebonnet Detention Center was originally built in 2010 by Texas state to house detainees for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and will now transition to an ICE detention center. The facility has never been used before, according to an ICE statement.