With an all-time record number of migrants being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers, Trump administration officials are aggressively pushing to add more bedspace across the country.
About 60,000 migrants are being held in ICE facilities as of this week, which exceeds the peak migrant detainee population of 55,654 from 2019 during President Donald Trump’s first White House term, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
And with so many migrants in federal custody, ICE is looking for more detention space — like a central Indiana prison dubbed “The Speedway Slammer” by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem — as federal officials work to get closer to a goal of putting 100,000 beds at its disposal.
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