The Biden administration is set to close the costly Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Dilley, Texas, which had been used to detain migrant families. This move is part of a broader strategy to rebrand ICE in an effort to win over sanctuary cities and expand overall detention capacity by 1,600 beds. ICE Chief Patrick J. Lechleitner is also seeking 50,000 deportation beds. Concurrently, the administration is pushing to reopen the Adelanto detention center in California, which has remained largely empty due to a COVID-era freeze. The Adelanto facility can house nearly 2,000 inmates but has faced criticism for its conditions, including findings of multiple nooses inside cells by government inspectors in 2018. Target Hospitality shares cratered 35% on the news of the Dilley facility's closure, which has 1500 beds.
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Read more: https://t.co/RsZyebh8s6 For years, leaders at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hoped to persuade sanctuary cities to cooperate with enforcement missions. https://t.co/AIx8KDh2OT
Biden closed a 1500 bed Federal detention facility today https://t.co/r1jFJ6i7AG
Anyway, the Biden admin closed a 1500 bed detention facility for illegals today because this is all intentional and they’re releasing as many they can https://t.co/tVtAunc3JX
Target Hospitality Shares Crater 35% On News Biden Admin Will Shutter ICE Facility In Dilley, Texas https://t.co/DPVVyjVeZH
ICE chief Patrick J. Lechleitner seeks 50,000 deportation beds as sanctuary cities ignore criminal investigations https://t.co/vFv145pUtL https://t.co/qy3EdxstoC
Biden's ICE chief surrenders to sanctuary cities by ghettoizing immigration enforcement and creating a separate, non-ICE identity for the Customs parts of the agency. https://t.co/Ak5TT2ewyY Can you say "Quisling"?
NEW: The Biden admin has filed a motion in federal court, asking a judge to allow intakes at the ICE detention facility in Adelanto, CA again. It can house nearly 2,000 inmates, but has remained close to empty since September 2020, when a court order blocked ICE from housing new…
NEW: The Biden administration is pushing to reopen a mostly empty detention center in Adelato, Calif. — which has been kept on ice due to a COVID-era order https://t.co/RpImdWqBZw
ICE, in email response to Biden's new rule last week, says it is seeking to expand immigration detention. Adelanto is one of the most notoriously abusive detention centers in the country, where in 2018 gov inspectors found multiple nooses inside cells. https://t.co/sOdgWamWHv https://t.co/NUk8AiGXV2
US to close costly Texas immigration detention center and reroute funds https://t.co/lJBfAlBzAm https://t.co/5nmLKjYC3S
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Rebranding of ICE aims to placate sanctuaries; chief Patrick J. Lechleitner seeks more deportation beds https://t.co/IBVAEFxR7i https://t.co/td6XVeRL4S
For immigration advocates, Dilley became an early symbol of what they viewed a cruel immigration policy. But by shutting the detention center, ICE estimates it can expand total detention space by 1,600 beds--space it needs to implement Biden's border EO https://t.co/xeWzyoMGFd
Exclusive: The Biden administration is closing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Dilley, Texas, which had long been used to jail migrant families who crossed the southern border illegally. https://t.co/03xA9TNOSv https://t.co/03xA9TNOSv
NEW: ICE is closing the Dilley detention center, which was formerly used to detain migrant families https://t.co/FhsRGbA0bf
Biden admin pushes to reopen immigrant detention center amid lingering COVID-era freeze https://t.co/tnvhsF4yci
Acting ICE director defends rebrand aimed at winning over sanctuary cities https://t.co/1iixKKseJG