ICE planning to give away – or sell – 7 migrant centers it bought for $700M: report (opens original article in a new tab)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to give away or sell seven empty warehouses it bought for $700 million to detain migrants, as part of a shift in enforcement strategy under the new leadership, while facing investigations and community opposition.

• ICE plans to give away or sell seven empty warehouses bought for $700 million to detain migrants
• Seven facilities purchased under Trump's administration are being offloaded as ICE shifts to a 'more quiet way' of enforcement
• Homeland Security is investigating the warehouse purchases and has plans to buy detention facilities from private prison companies
• Local communities protested the warehouses, and some facilities were intended to house 7,000 to 10,000 detainees each