Trump’s new immigration strategy revealed in the purchase of two ICE detention centers in California
Trump’s new immigration strategy revealed in the purchase of two ICE detention centers in California
Trump’s new immigration strategy revealed in the purchase of two ICE detention centers in California
The Trump administration is trying to lock down immigration detention capacity in California despite opposition from the state's Democratic leaders.
As California officials try to block immigration facilities across the state, the Trump administration is deploying a new strategy to secure detention capacity on the West Coast. It’s buying up the real estate outright.
The Department of Homeland Security’s $1.5 billion purchase of the Otay Mesa Detention Center and the California City Detention Facility from the private prison company CoreCivic is a direct response to the state’s political resistance to new and existing ICE detention facilities, government officials said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Jason Sweeney said in a statement that California detention centers are “crucial to ICE’s detention network on the West Coast.”
“Unlike in states like Florida and Oklahoma, ICE can not rely on local state and county partners for detention space in California,” Sweeney said. “The state’s sanctuary politicians continue to push legislation to outlaw or make private prisons financially infeasible.”