US Reveals $38 Billion Plan to Remake How It Jails Migrants
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stand near a gate at Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention centre in Newark, New Jersey.
Photographer: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration is moving ahead with a $38.3 billion plan to remake the US immigration detention system, in a sweeping expansion that officials say will streamline operations and speed deportations.
The plan, known as the Detention Reengineering Initiative, calls for acquiring and renovating eight large-scale detention centers, adding 16 processing sites and taking control of 10 existing “turnkey” facilities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement already operates. The largest facilities will have the capacity to hold as many as 10,000 people, primarily for international removals.