New draft contract terms from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would place thousands of immigration detention beds beyond the reach of state and local health and safety oversight, setting up fresh legal battles across four states.
According to federal procurement documents reviewed by WIRED, ICE has proposed new agreements covering 5,500 detention beds that state local and state laws 'shall not apply' to facility operations. The draft terms were published on 10 July, one day after a federal judge ruled that a contract could not override state law in a case involving the Tacoma detention centre in Washington.
