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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 # 1407]
2025.01.20 EO 14159 - Protecting the American People Against InvasionEffective Date
January 20, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action(s)
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February 26, 2025
2025.02.26 ICE Reopens Delaney Hall Facility in Newark, NJ
ICE and GEO Group announced the reopening of the Delaney Hall Facility in Newark, NJ, after reaching an agreement to reestablish the federal immigration processing and detention center at the 1,000-bed facility. This detention center is the first to open under the second Trump administration.
Acting Director Caleb Vitello said in a statement that "[t]he location near an international airport streamlines logistics, and helps facilitate the timely processing of individuals in our custody as we pursue President Trump’s mandate to arrest, detain and remove illegal aliens from our communities."
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February 27, 2025
2025.02.27 ICE modifies contract with CoreCivic to increase detention capacity
CoreCivic, a private prison company, announced it has entered into contract modifications with ICE to increase immigration-detention capacity. The modifications will allow for an additional 784 immigrants to be detained at its facilities in OH, NV, and OK, and allow ICE to use 252 beds for immigration detention at its correctional facility in MS.
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February 27, 2025
2025.02.27 ICE awards $1B contract to private prison firm for major immigrant detention center
Newsroom reports that ICE awarded a private-prison company a 15-year contract worth $1 billion to detain up to 1,000 immigrants in New Jersey. Executives for one of the largest private-prison companies, GEO Group Inc., told investors in an earnings call that they expect “unprecedented opportunities” under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown by providing detention-bed capacity and increasing electronic-monitoring services of immigrants.
Newsroom further reports that "[t]he Newark detention center, Delaney Hall, will be the largest ICE processing facility and detention center on the East Coast....GEO has pushed for a contract with ICE to reopen that facility as a detention center and even sued New Jersey over its state law that bars private and public companies from contracting with ICE to detain immigrants."
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April 1, 2025
2025.04.01 ICE 70CDCR25R00000005 - Emergency Detention and Related Serv Strategic Sourcing Vehicle
ICE has issued a request for proposals (RFP) allowing private parties to submit bids for supplying "detention related services, including, but not limited to, physical detention facility, physical plant, transportation services, medical services, case processing and management services, and requisite staffing to provide comprehensive detention services in a manner that provides for the health, safety, and security of aliens in ICE custody." Prospective offerers "need not have the capability to provide each and every service detailed under the objectives" and can submit a bid to provide services covering only "the expert services they provide."
The RFP was issued as an "emergency acquisition," which allows the government to pursue a streamlined procurement process. The total combined or shared ceiling for all awards to be issued under the RFP is $45 billion; contracts awarded are anticipated to have a two-year period of performance.
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April 2, 2025
2025.04.02 ICE expands detention capacity with Glades County Jail in Florida
ICE announced that it reinstated the intergovernmental service agreement with the Glades County Board of County Commissioners to house ICE detainees at the Glades County Jail in Moore Haven, Florida. This agreement reestablishes the federal immigration processing and detention center and adds up to 500 beds. ICE had reduced its use of the facility and in 2022 announced that future use would depend on whether substandard conditions had been fully addressed.
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Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Presidential OrdersSubject Matter: DetentionAssociated or Derivative Policies
Documents
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Commentary
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention - New York Times
The New York Times reports that "this latest request is what is known as a bulk or blanket purchase agreement," and that the request includes "several changes to how immigration detention currently operates, including an invitation to the Defense Department to use its own funding to play a role in detaining immigrants." The report explains that according to the RFP, contractors "will not have to meet the standards for services and detainee care that ICE has typically set for large detention providers. Instead, they can operate under the less rigorous standards the agency uses for contracts with local jails and prisons." The new request also moves services previously under the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman "back in private hands."
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