As Part of a $45 Billion Push, ICE Prepares for a Vast Expansion of Detention Space

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Source: msn/Bloomberg

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(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is tapping tent companies, private prison operators and disaster-relief providers to compete for some of the $45 billion earmarked for a massive expansion of immigration detention space.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month identified 41 companies that can bid for business under the administration’s detention rollout. It’s part of an “emergency acquisition” process meant to expedite future contracts. At least nine of the companies advertise so-called soft-sided facilities on their website or have operated such sites in the past, a sign the administration may be planning to increase its use of temporary structures for immigration detention or staging.

The list of recipients includes many of ICE’s biggest contractors, including The GEO Group Inc. and CoreCivic Inc., two private prison companies that have tens of thousands of beds they’re eager to fill. But roughly half of the companies have had no direct contracting history with the agency over the past 25 years, highlighting how Trump’s immigration crackdown is creating a cottage industry of contractors eager to get their piece of a multibillion-dollar pie.

The move comes as ICE facilities across the country are at or over capacity because the administration has dramatically increased immigration arrests in the nation’s interior. To meet a 3,000 arrest per day quota set by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, immigration officials are targeting groups that they haven’t typically pursued, including high school students, farmworkers and people attending court hearings. The aggressive ramp-up has led to nationwide protests against ICE.

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1. Follow the money...

... it will always lead to trump.

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2. OMG--Trump won't feed or help house our kids, our families or our troops but will, with tax money

buy supplies for his mass and cruel raids on towns and cities. Is anyone going to stop him/? besides the courts who are not set up to do the job--some try but not enough resources to do much good.

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3. We must never allow these concentration camps to become a reality.

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4. Putting that money that would have gone to FEMA...

… to better use.

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5. ...ICE is funded to hold an average capacity of 41,500 people, but more than 50,000 are in detention, according to the a

And more and more are tossed into jails each day.



................ICE is funded to hold an average capacity of 41,500 people, but more than 50,000 are in detention, according to the agency’s latest figures. The administration has indicated a need for at least 100,000 beds. Since Trump’s return to the White House, the agency has detained people at 51 new facilities, with a dozen of those holding more than 100 people on average in the last two weeks of May, according to a Bloomberg analysis of the agency's data.

In mid-May, the Republican-led US House of Representatives passed a massive tax and spending bill that showers ICE with billions of dollars in new funds, including $45 billion for detention through September 2029.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/as-part-of-a-45-billion-push-ice-prepares-for-a-vast-expansion-of-detention-space/ar-AA1GE9NI



ICE is funded to hold an average capacity of 41,500 people, but more than 50,000 are in detention, according to the agency’s latest figures. The administration has indicated a need for at least 100,000 beds. Since Trump’s return to the White House, the agency has detained people at 51 new facilities, with a dozen of those holding more than 100 people on average in the last two weeks of May, according to a Bloomberg analysis of the agency's data.

The fact that so many companies that specialize in soft-sided facilities are on the list has prompted concerns that the administration is seeking speed over quality. “Detaining people in mass tent detention centers would lead to horrific conditions for many reasons,” said Eunice Cho, a senior attorney at the ACLU National Prison Project. “It is very difficult to provide adequate care and protection for people in these kinds of facilities.”.............................