OPINION — Warehouses are for storing goods. ICE wants to use them to store people.
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement ramps up arrests, the Trump administration is seeking to spend $38 billion to expand its detention capacity to 92,600 people, according to agency documents.
At least 73,000 people — a record high — are already being held in ICE detention. To make room for more, the Department of Homeland Security plans to buy numerous industrial warehouses using tens of billions in funding from the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
