ICE releasing migrant detainees as arrests exceed capacity: Report

[Zincwarrior]

ICE has been releasing detainees due to overcrowding, back into the US. Thats quite interesting.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5128667-ice-migrant-detainees-capacity/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been releasing migrant detainees due to overcapacity in detention centers, according to a report from CBS News.

Facilities were at 109 percent capacity on Tuesday, following a release of 160 migrants the day before, according to the outlet which cited internal Department of Homeland Security data it had obtained.


“We are exploring every solution including working with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and our state and local law enforcement partners, asking Congress for increased funding, and scrutinizing case files to quickly remove criminal aliens with executable final orders of removal from Department of Justice immigration judges,” ICE said in a statement to CBS News.

The Trump administration has encouraged ICE officials to ramp up raids and arrests with “border czar” Tom Homan touting deportation flights on military aircraft within the president’s first week in office.

Homan has said he would need at least 100,000 detention beds and a significant increase in ICE agents to successfully undertake President Trump’s immigration plans.

ICE officials also are seeking to open 14 new detention sites that could hold as many as 1,000 detainees each, in addition to four larger facilities with 10,000 beds each, according to an internal memo obtained last month by CBS News.

 

[1srelluc]

The first batch headed to Gitmo yesterday so that should help.

Oh, BTW, the feds are opening a closed prison I used to work at and revamping it to hold criminal illegals prior to their deportation. There 500-600 beds right there and Dulles is only 45 minutes away.

I also heard they are going to take over operation of the old Sussex prison, but I can't remember if it's Sussex 1, 2 or both.

There's lots of prisons in Virginia and other states that the feds can repurpose. It opens up job local opportunities too.

I heard they are looking at prisons that have been closed down for less than five years and still in good repair for starters to keep refurb costs down.