US Plans $38 Billion Detention Expansion to Hold Tens of Thousands of Migrants

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The US government will spend $38.3 billion retrofitting warehouses into detention centers, aiming to detain tens of thousands of migrants nationwide.

Documents released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) show the Department of Homeland Security plans to acquire 16 warehouses and retrofit them into regional processing centers, each capable of holding 1,000–1,500 detainees for short-term stays averaging three to seven days, Garidan reported on Friday.

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