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Pedro Camacho

ICE Reportedly Plans to Add Tens Of Thousands Of Beds For Migrants by The End Of The Year, Almost Doubling Capacity

Guards at the Adelanto Detention Facility in Adelanto, California. (Credit: Via Getty Images)

The Trump administration is reportedly planning a major expansion of U.S. immigration detention capacity, aiming to increase the number of beds to more than 107,000 by January of next year, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) planning document obtained by The Washington Post.

The roadmap outlines the opening or expansion of 125 facilities this year, including large-scale "mega-detention" centers and temporary "soft-sided" structures that can be erected in weeks.

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