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| ICE ramps up deportation push by boosting capacity to 92,600 beds with $38.3B expansion |
| 2026-02-15 |
| [FoxNews] Plan includes eight mega-centers capable of housing up to 10,000 detainees each, according to an internal agency memo Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to boost migrant detention capacity to 92,600 beds as part of a nationwide deportation push, according to an internal agency memo. The memo, dated Feb. 13, 2026, lays out a sweeping overhaul designed to support what ICE describes as the ability to "effectuate mass deportations," including eight mega-centers capable of housing up to 10,000 detainees each and slated to be fully operational by Nov. 30, 2026. The memo states that the initiative will be funded through congressional allocations under the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." Beyond the mega-centers, the plan calls for 16 regional processing sites built to hold between 1,000 and 1,500 detainees for short stays of three to seven days and the acquisition of 10 existing "turnkey" centers where ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations already operates. How about semi-automatic trebuchets along the Messican border? The new model aims to consolidate existing contracts while centralizing detention operations nationwide. Proposed warehouse purchases in six other cities fell through after sellers declined to move forward under pressure from activists, according to the report. Additional deals, including in New York, are reportedly nearing completion. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said this week there are about 1.6 million illegal aliens in the U.S. with final deportation orders, roughly half of whom have criminal convictions. During testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday, Lyons said, "What we're tracking right now is about 1.6 million final [deportation] orders in the United States, with approximately 800,000 of those having criminal convictions." Lyons clarified that those deportation orders were issued "through an immigration judge with the Department of Justice separate from Immigration Customs Enforcement," not by ICE or the Department of Homeland Security. He added that there are "16,840 final orders at large in the state of Minnesota," a state that has become a flash point for resistance to immigration enforcement. Border czar Tom Homan announced a temporary drawdown of enforcement resources this week, citing the need to recalibrate operations as ICE scales arrests and detention capacity nationwide. |
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