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Original Date Announced
January 20, 2025Section 10 of Executive Order (EO) 14159, "Protecting the American People Against Invasion," directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate action and allocate all legally available resources or establish contracts to construct, operate, control, or use facilities to detain removable noncitizens.
Trump 2.0 [ID #2215]
Subsequent Trump and Court Action
August 15, 20252025.08.15 Reported: ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year - Washington Post
The Washington Post reports that internal documents reveal ICE's plan to rapidly expand detention by opening or enlarging 125 facilities this year to reach capacity for more than 107,000 people. The planning roadmap shows that ICE intends to expand immigration detention to new parts of the country, nearly doubling its number of large-scale, mega-detention centers and relying increasingly on temporary “soft-sided” structures that can be built in weeks. The Trump administration also plans to dramatically grow family detention.
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November 6, 20252025.11.06 Reported: ICE’s detainee population reaches 66,000, a new record high, statistics show - CBS News
CBS News reports that ICE’s detention numbers are at a record 66,000 people, marking the highest detainee population in the agency’s history. The number has grown nearly 70% since inauguration, rising from about 39,000 in January and surpassing the previous peak of roughly 56,000 in 2019.
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February 18, 20262026.02.18 Reported: ICE Has Doubled Its Presence in Notorious Brooklyn Jail - THE CITY
THE CITY reports that ICE has doubled its presence in the Metropolitan Detention Center, a detention facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and is holding 191 detainees across two cell blocks. The facility, which used to span only one block, now has a capacity of 248 detainees. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), the first member of Congress to visit the facility since the agency started housing immigrants there last summer, learned of the expansion. He said that he did not know when ICE had opened the second block.
View DocumentCurrent Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Presidential OrdersSubject Matter: DetentionAssociated or Derivative Policies
- January 20, 2025 EO 14159 § 10 directs DHS to use all legally available resources to increase detention capacity
- January 20, 2025 Increased spending and government contracting for more detention capacity following EO 14159 § 10
- January 20, 2025 Conditions of short-term detention and holding rooms following EO 14159 § 10
- January 20, 2025 Detention-facility conditions following EO 14159 § 10
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Commentary
2025.05.12 TRAC - ICE detention expands and proliferates: 30% more ICE facilities than in October 2024
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) released updated data showing an increase in ICE detention facilities since October 2024.
Go to article2026.01.14 American Immigration Council - Immigration Detention Expansion in Trump’s Second Term
The American Immigration Council released a report on the expansion of immigration detention under the second Trump administration. It found that ICE detention surged more than 75% over one year. By late 2025, ICE was operating 91% more facilities and had funding to support up to 135,000 beds through FY 2029. "At-large" arrests increased by 600%, and the number of people with no criminal record being held by ICE increased by 2,450%. A "no release" approach and expanded mandatory detention cut discretionary releases by 87%, with far more people deported from detention than released.
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