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DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility dubbed ‘Deportation Depot’
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state’s
Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.
The numbers reflect the significant effort the Trump administration has put into its escalating immigration crackdown.
Officials in a rural Tennessee town have voted to approve agreements to turn a former prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company, despite loud objections from upset residents and activists during a contentious public meeting.
Private prison giants now hold 90 percent of detained immigrants and aim to triple capacity for $1.5 billion in revenue.
What will soon become the largest immigration detention facility in the United States is now up and running at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Those immigration bond hearings will now take place at the Krome Detention Center, but despite that major change, attorneys for the ACLU allege those being held at the controversial detention center are still being denied access to their attorneys.
A violent July 4th shootout at a Texas immigration detention facility is now being tied to what officials describe as a secretive far-left network.