Trump Admin Plans to Spend $38 Billion to Convert Warehouses Into ICE Detention Centers

ICE documents revealed plans to house tens of thousands of illegal immigrants for transfers and mass deportations.
Trump Admin Plans to Spend $38 Billion to Convert Warehouses Into ICE Detention Centers
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a file photograph. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Getty Images
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The Trump administration plans to spend more than $38 billion to buy and convert warehouses into detention centers for illegal aliens, according to documents provided to New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte and published on the state’s website on Feb. 12.

One document reveals that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under its Detention Reengineering Initiative (DRI), plans to acquire and renovate eight large-scale detention centers, 16 processing sites, and 10 existing “turnkey” facilities where ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) already operate.