
To support the Trump administration's plan to detain and deport millions of migrants, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will distribute more than $600 million to states to help build and operate more temporary immigration detention centers.
Although FEMA's mission is primarily to help communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters, the agency has announced a new "detention support grant program" aimed at covering the costs of building temporary immigration detention facilities. The announcement was posted on FEMA's website last week but has since been removed.