Sitemap - 2026 - Project Salt Box

ICE environmental assessment finds 1,500-bed Surprise detention center would cause ‘no significant’ environmental harm

It’s Miller Time, and ICE Has a $113 Billion Bar Tab

SCOOP: ICE to pay $32 million for Roxbury, N.J. warehouse conversion

GEO Group pursues more detention facility sales to ICE after $950 million Adelanto deal

CoreCivic urges ICE to move quickly on more facility purchases after Democrats’ historic midterm wins

A new congress puts Homeland Security on notice

GEO Group gets $1.5 billion contract to keep running Tacoma immigration detention center

White House clears ICE to spend $7 billion on detention, deportations, and hiring in 2027

Customs and Border Protection hires legal contractor for up to $9.2 million after flood of lawsuits against the agency

ICE plans to extend no-bid Camp East Montana contract to $2.8 billion

DHS letter points to a new ICE enforcement office in Austin suburb

Judge dismisses Maryland’s bid for records on Baltimore immigration hold rooms

USCIS seeks contractors to build criminal intelligence unit and informant records system

Homeland Security eyes no-bid deal for AI-assisted search of billions of communication records

Follow the Money - September 2026: ICE and CBP End Fiscal Year Investing Billions into Border and Detention Construction Projects

Proposed AI surveillance system would track what ICE detainees say, who they talk to, and how they behave

GSA signs $51 million in San Antonio office leases linked to ICE

ICE puts seven warehouses purchased for detention on the market

Introducing the next step in tracking ICE's detention expansion

DHS buys fifth private detention site since July, adding GEO's Adelanto complex

DHS Taps ResponseAI, an ICE Skip-Tracing Contractor, to Run Self-Deportation Contract

ICE funds tent camp for detained women at Batavia

ICE buys $1.3 million in robot dogs from Connecticut company (Updated)

ICE seeks ‘modular’ detention units for 50 field offices, saying increased arrests have exceeded its space

Firm that brokered ICE's warehouse deals wins $655 million contract to build at sites from Honolulu to Guantánamo Bay

ICE signs contracts worth up to $7.3B to expand detention in 5 states

The Deportation Economy: Paid by Taxpayers, Powered by Cruelty

ICE plans intel units in every field office to research immigrants, map who they know

Follow the Money - August 2026: ICE Pivots Beyond the Warehouse Strategy

New Jersey Coalition asks state attorney general to seek contempt over use of Roxbury warehouse

OP-ED: The $100 Million Hole in ICE's Deportation Machine

FOIA FILED: We want the prompt behind DHS's "Mr. Singh" Transformers meme

ICE Pays Nearly $10 Million to Maintain a Warehouse It's Legally Barred From Using

Op-Ed: ICE Is Building the Future of Immigration Enforcement

Amendment to detention contract notice drops detainee-transport reporting requirement

The Office of Refugee Resettlement is assembling a bench of contractors to house migrant children on 30 days' notice

ICE awards GardaWorld up to $382 million to move detainees across Texas

Mobile detention sites, courtrooms inside the jails, and a clause saying state law does not apply. What ICE's new detention solicitation reveals

ICE Awards GardaWorld $17.3 Million to Convert San Antonio Warehouse Into a Service Processing Center

ICE triples its orders to the private firms hunting immigrants

ICE to sole-source 100-bed Batavia detention structure to Guantánamo contractor

ICE investigators want to buy voter data from every state

CBP Formally Hires Contractors to Collect Fines From People It Has Deported

Follow the Money - July 2026: ICE Spends Year-High $2.5 Billion, Driven by Detention Expansion

ICE Wants New Immigrant Detention Built in a Year, Half Its Own Deadline

CBP's $9 million plan to collect fines from deported people has no way for them to pay

U.S. Border Patrol wants a contractor to track down deported people abroad and collect their immigration fines

Inside ICE's Plan to Stop Renting Detention Space and Start Building It

DHS Reverses Course on Roxbury, N.J., Warehouse, Telling Court It May Convert the Site to Detention After All

ICE asks contractors for 5,500 detention beds in four regions, gives industry a week to respond

After Ditching Navy Contract, ICE Moves to Bring Detention Construction In-House

Follow the Money - June 2026: Warehouse Scheme Unravels While CBP Issues Historic Border Wall Award

Op Ed: A moment of gratitude on this 4th of July

ICE Awards $240,000 Sole-Source Contract for Land Deals in Arizona, Florida, and New York

BREAKING: Arizona, DHS ask judge to pause fight over Surprise detention site

Houston Firm Wins $35.5 Million Lease for Newburgh, N.Y., Warehouse GSA Lists as a DHS ICE Site

ICE awards nearly $200 million in migrant-child location work to a Virginia firm with no prior federal contracts

GSA Files Show Feds Used 'Office Relocation' Label to Skip Environmental Review for Gilroy, Calif. ICE Site

Construction database lists $400 million ICE detention facility for Hammond, La., with Sept. start

How to FOIA ICE

ICE Plans to Reopen Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, MN

Follow the Money - May 2026: After April Lull, DHS Spending Surges in May

ICE Opens New Public Comment Window on Its Williamsport Detention Site, Which Calls for a 750,000-Gallon Water Tank, Extensive Ground Disturbances

Gov Sherrill Must Take Stronger Action to Close Delaney Hall

In Arizona, ICE Plans to Hold Detainees Across From a Chemical Storage Site. Fire Officials Say No One Has Asked How an Evacuation Would Work.

ICE Bought Eleven Warehouses for Mass Detention. It May Be Looking to Sell Them.

White House Maps Immigration Arrests on a Site Themed as an Alien Invasion

ICE’s Office Expansion Runs Through Baltimore Furniture Vendors

A Snapshot Into Darkness: Bearing Witness Inside 26 Federal Plaza

ICE Awards $25 Million Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies

GardaWorld Accelerates Hiring at Surprise Warehouse Despite Pending State Lawsuit

ICE Moves to Pay Contractors to Maintain Mothballed Warehouses

Records, statements undercut claims that Washington County signed an NDA tied to ICE warehouse

Opponents of Romulus Detention Facility Rally at Federal Courthouse as Hearing Moves Online

ICE Seeks 65,000 Square Feet of San Antonio Office Space Months After Warehouse Purchase

Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities

ICE's Nationwide Co-Working Solicitation Has Advanced — and the Agency Says the Space Isn't for Law Enforcement

A Deleted Filename Reveals ICE's Plans for a New Facility in the Hudson Valley

New Jersey and ICE Reach Temporary Deal to Pause Work at Proposed Roxbury Detention Warehouse

ICE Plans to Deploy 1,570 Additional Iris Scanners Nationwide Under No-Bid Contract

ICE Acknowledges Deeper Review Required for Stalled Maryland Detention Facility as Contractor, Tribal Consultation Issues Remain Unresolved

As Trump Officials Vow Deportation Surge, ICE Searches for Detention Space

New Jersey, Town of Roxbury Press Harder on ICE Detention Fight as DHS Timeline Shifts Again

Follow the Money - April 2026: ICE Spending Slows to Lowest Point this Year

Work on $313 Million Contract to Convert ICE Warehouse in Surprise, Arizona, Was Ordered Stopped Before State Sued, Records Show

Improperly Redacted Documents Reveal Another Company Involved in ICE's Detention Reengineering Initiative

Arizona Sues to Block ICE Detention Warehouse, Becoming Fourth State to Challenge Reengineering Initiative

In New Jersey, the Government Makes Its Case Again: No Environmental Review Required

ICE Defends Detroit-Area Detention Plan After Same-Day Environmental Sign-Off

ICE Is Planning New Fast-Track Construction Contracts

ICE Meeting Notes Detail Plans for Payments and Infrastructure in Maryland

Emails Show Maryland Warehouse Pivoted From Tenant Recruitment to ICE Project in Weeks

Judge Halts ICE Warehouse Conversion in Maryland, Requires New Environmental Review

The Routes Behind ICE’s East Coast Detention Expansion

Maryland Orders Washington County to Freeze Sewer Expansion for Planned ICE Detention Center

Held in Federal Custody, a Baltimore Man Injured in an ICE Arrest Has Gone Eight Days Without Treatment

The World’s Biggest Banks May Be Benefiting from the ICE Warehouse Craze

ICE Approved Environmental Review Day Before $102 Million Maryland Site Purchase

DHS Pauses Warehouse Purchases as Internal Revolt, Legal Challenges, and Political Infighting Cloud the Program's Future

Follow the Money - March 2026: CBP Spends Over $7.5B on Border Wall

Michigan Moves to Freeze Romulus Detention Facility as Federal Lawyers Go Unassigned

ICE's Fast-Moving Detention Strategy Finally Draws Congressional Scrutiny

Analysis: ICE is Pushing Boundaries of Federal Procurement Rules to Fast-Track Detention Expansion

Local leaders, civil rights groups, and health providers file amicus brief, warning judge about Williamsport ICE facility

Choctaw Nation Buys Former Big Lots Warehouse, Closing Off Oklahoma ICE Detention Site

Op-Ed: Maryland Sued to Stop an ICE Warehouse. New Jersey and Michigan Followed. Why Hasn't Arizona?

Michigan Sues to Block Conversion of Romulus Warehouse Into Immigration Detention Center

A Grassroots Group Helped Expose a Maryland ICE Detention Facility. Officials Didn't Invite Them to the Table.

ICE Seeking Office Space in Over 40 States

BREAKING: New Jersey Sues to Block ICE Detention Facility in Roxbury

ICE Is Turning Warehouses Into Detention Centers Across the Country. A Doctor Who Has Audited the Records Says People Will Die.

Breaking: Judge Extends Block on Maryland ICE Detention Facility, Setting Stage for April Showdown

$381 Million. That's What a Maryland County Wanted for Supporting an ICE Warehouse.

As A Maryland County Debates Who Pays for a Warehouse It Never Approved, a Community Leader Is Removed From the Podium

Still on the List: An Update on ICE's Remaining Warehouse Targets

ICE Moves to Bypass New Mexico Law and Keep Detention Centers Open

ICYMI: A Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks an ICE Detention Warehouse in Maryland

After a DHS Warehouse Deal, a Fundrise Investor Asked Why

U.S. Buys Salt Lake City Warehouse for $145 Million to House ICE Detention Facility

ICE Turns to Private Industry to Track Down 100,000 Unaccompanied Children

At a Warehouse With No Water Plan, Six Toilet Trailers Just Appeared

Federal Judge Halts Construction of Maryland ICE Detention Facility

An Open Letter from Project Salt Box in Support of the Community Trust Act

How a Maryland Farm Became a Federal Detention Warehouse

Construction Contracts Awarded for ICE Detention Facilities in Maryland and Arizona

A "Humanitarian Response" Firm With No Federal Contract History Is Staffing Planned Immigration Detention Center in Maryland

ICE's New Maryland Detention Center Would Need 209,000 Gallons of Water a Day. Nobody Knows Where It Will Come From.

Follow the Money - February 2026: Warehouses Dominate ICE Spending

ICYMI: Allison Gill live with Project Salt Box

First ICE Vehicles Arrive at Williamsport Detention Warehouse

ICE Moves Minneapolis Fleet to Williamsport Detention Warehouse

A 1,500-bed detention facility is coming to rural Maryland. We’re calling on ICE to account for what that means — and asking you to do the same.

Maryland House Passes Trio of Immigration Bills in Response to Federal Detention Push

ICE Moves Dozens of Vehicles From Exposed Baltimore Garage Ahead of Protest

Federal Contract Filing Confirms Plans for Immigration Detention Center in Arizona Suburb

Maryland Commissioner Who Served on Trump's National Security Council Resigns Without Explanation

In a Tennessee Town, ICE Is Eyeing a Detention Complex Bigger Than Almost Anything in American History

Surge Signs Mount as Federal Contracts Reveal Major Expansion of ICE Detentions in Baltimore Region

Maryland Sues to Stop ICE Detention Center, Escalating Fight Over Secretive Federal Purchase

Maryland Had No Say When the Federal Government Bought a Warehouse to Detain Immigrants. Lawmakers Are Trying to Change That.

ICE Issued Confident Announcements About Warehouse Purchases in Two States. Neither Was True.

DHS Uses DoD Logistics Contract for St. Paul 'Surge' Support

Federal Economic Analysis for Detention Site Riddled With Errors on Taxes, Jobs, Geography

FOIA Documents Unmask the Sites of ICE’s Continued Detention Surge

An open letter from the team at Project Salt Box in support of MD House Bill 630

ICE Gains Fast-Track Access to Private Prison Giant as It Plans to Nearly Double Detention Capacity

Internal ICE Documents Reveal $38 Billion Strategy to Expand Detention, Buy Warehouses, and Bypass State Laws

Whistleblower Documents Detail Alleged Abuse at Baltimore ICE Facility as Protests Grow

What Is an ICE Processing Center?

Maryland Reopens Review of Hagerstown Detention Center After Residents Flag Road Project

The Best Way to Support Our Mission? Don't Give Us Your Money

Washington County Backs ICE Detention Facility, Then Cuts Meeting Short Amid Protests

When Oversight Has No Teeth: DHS & the GAO

Using Data for Good: A Crash Course

Washington County Commissioners to Pledge Cooperation With ICE on Facility They Say Bypassed Them

Howard County Passes Legislation Preventing Privately-Owned Detention Centers

Community Voices: 'I Don't Feel Protected. I Feel Exposed.'

"Doomed to Failure”

DHS Announces More Voluntary Removal Flights

Local Resident Challenges Hagerstown ICE Facility Over Misleading Address in Federal Review

Maryland Bill Would Ban Detention Centers in Repurposed Buildings, Teeing Up Federal Showdown

Howard County Rallies Quickly to Block Elkridge Detention Center

A call for community support from the team at PSB

From Vacant Warehouse to ICE Detention Center: A $102 Million Sale Comes at a 33% Mark Up

Washington County Cited Federal Limits on ICE Facility. It Didn't Mention Its Federal Rights.

ICE Presence in Howard County Sparks Community Concern; Most County Officials Stay Silent

Follow the Money - January 2026: DMV Companies Awarded $19.5 Million in new ICE and CBP Contracts

ICE Now Owns a Hagerstown Warehouse. A Plan to Design It Is in Shambles.

UPDATE: DHS Purchases Hagerstown Warehouse for $102.4 Million

To locate targets, ICE turns to the industry tracking Americans' phones

BREAKING: DHS Purchases Hagerstown Warehouse for $102.4 Million

DHS Blames Weather for Baltimore ICE Overcrowding — The Timeline Doesn't Add Up

Social Media Video Shows Alleged Overcrowding Inside Baltimore ICE Holding Room

Another MD county enacts 287(g) agreement while ICE continues its investment in the program

Arrival of Right-Wing Activists in Baltimore Prompts Meeting Cancellations, Local Warnings

Homeland Security Plans $100 Million Detention Facility in Washington State

Introducing the DHS Contract Visualizer

ICE targets Hagerstown site as part of nationwide detention expansion, leaked document shows