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ICE Seeking Office Space in Over 40 States
An RFI released today details ICE's plans to rent co-working space for over 300 personnel nationwide
20 hrs ago • Em Knepp
BREAKING: New Jersey Sues to Block ICE Detention Facility in Roxbury
New Jersey and Roxbury Township are challenging a federal plan to convert a warehouse into a 1,500-person detention center on environmental grounds.
Mar 20 • Michael Wriston
ICE Is Turning Warehouses Into Detention Centers Across the Country. A Doctor Who Has Audited the Records Says People Will Die.
Dr. Kate Sugarman has spent 20 years inside ICE jails reviewing records she says are falsified. She knows what these warehouse detention sites will…
Mar 19 • Michael Wriston
Breaking: Judge Extends Block on Maryland ICE Detention Facility, Setting Stage for April Showdown
With construction frozen through mid-April and a hearing set, the fight over a $215 million federal detention facility in rural Maryland is heading…
Mar 19 • Michael Wriston
$381 Million. That's What a Maryland County Wanted for Supporting an ICE Warehouse.
Internal records show officials knew the facility's infrastructure would fail and said nothing to residents while seeking hundreds of millions in…
Mar 18 • Michael Wriston
As A Maryland County Debates Who Pays for a Warehouse It Never Approved, a Community Leader Is Removed From the Podium
The NAACP president linked the county's 911 shortfall directly to the federal facility. Commissioners cut her off and removed her from the hearing.
Mar 17 • Michael Wriston
Still on the List: An Update on ICE's Remaining Warehouse Targets
Editor’s Note: Attentive readers may notice that this article discusses only five properties, while the Project Salt Box tracker lists seven…
Mar 17 • Em Knepp
ICE Moves to Bypass New Mexico Law and Keep Detention Centers Open
The federal government is seeking a direct contract with CoreCivic, a private prison company, that would render the state's new ban on immigration…
Mar 16 • Michael Wriston
ICYMI: A Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks an ICE Detention Warehouse in Maryland
A look inside the procedural fight slowing down the federal government's detention warehouse expansion
Mar 14 • Michael Wriston and Adam Klasfeld
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After a DHS Warehouse Deal, a Fundrise Investor Asked Why
The company’s response — shared with Project Salt Box — describes how an unsolicited offer turned a vacant Maryland building into a $102.4 million…
Mar 13 • Michael Wriston
U.S. Buys Salt Lake City Warehouse for $145 Million to House ICE Detention Facility
The seller was a fund managed by DWS, the global asset manager spun out of Deutsche Bank, in a deal that would add 7,500 beds to the federal immigration…
Mar 12 • Michael Wriston
ICE Turns to Private Industry to Track Down 100,000 Unaccompanied Children
Yesterday afternoon, ICE ERO released a request for proposals (RFP) on SAM.gov requesting contractor support to “conduct safety and wellness checks of…
Mar 12 • Em Knepp
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