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Original Date Announced
February 7, 2025The Associated Press reports that DOJ's Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is allowing ICE to use federal prisons to house immigrants detained during recent immigration-enforcement actions. Sources revealed that federal jails in Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia and federal prisons in Atlanta, Leavenworth, Kansas, and Berlin, New Hampshire, are among the facilities. Miami will receive up to 500 detainees.
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2025.02.07 Federal prisons being used to detain people arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown - AP NewsEffective Date
February 7, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action
July 15, 20252025.07.25 Reported: Irish tourist detained by ICE and held in federal prison after overstaying visa
The Guardian reports that an Irish tourist was detained after overstaying his visa by just three days due to medical reasons. Although he immediately signed a removal order when he was arrested in December, he remained in ICE custody for approximately 100 days. Due to overcrowding, he spent part of his detention in a federal prison for criminal defendants in Atlanta. He reported that the conditions and treatment in federal prison were worse than ICE detention. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) confirmed that he had been in their custody but declined to discuss his specific case or facility conditions. They noted that BOP currently holds ICE detainees in eight prisons and will continue collaborating to carry out the administration's policy objectives.
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Status: ReportedTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: Detention EnforcementAssociated or Derivative Policies
- January 20, 2025 EO 14165 § 5 directs DHS to end “catch and release” and detain "illegal aliens" until removal
- January 20, 2025 EO 14159 § 10 directs DHS to use all legally available resources to increase detention capacity
- January 22, 2025 DHS authorizes DOJ personnel to enforce immigration law as immigration officers
- February 1, 2025 Reported: ICE aims to lower detention standards to increase the use of state and local jails
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Commentary
2025.02.07 - Government Executive: Federal prisons to house ICE detainees as Trump furthers immigration crackdown
Government Executive reports that Bureau of Prisons employees characterize their prior experience housing ICE detainees under the first Trump administration as a "disaster." Corrections officers question their legal jurisdiction over detainees and highlight the inappropriateness of subjecting detainees to prisons' "extremely restrictive conditions." Eunice Cho, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU National Prison Project, suggests the use of prisons serves no legitimate purpose and "blurs the line" between civil and criminal detention.
Go to article2025.02.25 - ACPC - ICE transfers detainees to Atlanta’s federal prison
Atlanta Community Press Collective reports that transfers of immigrant detainees to federal prison have disrupted detained immigrants’ access to legal counsel. Attorneys have no information about how to contact their clients, and advocates say overcrowding and inhumane conditions are "just as much of an issue in Atlanta’s federal prison as in ICE facilities."
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