Judge Nicole Berner, a Biden appointee, compared the government's position to previous episodes of mass detention in American history. Source
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to expose property owners cooperating with ICE, prompting the agency to accuse the Democrat of using her office to intimidate private citizens.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) announced plans to file public records requests to identify property owners leasing parking spaces to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This comes after ICE issued a request for 249 parking spaces in Boston for its operations, prompting Wu to voice opposition to any expansion of ICE activity in her so-called sanctuary city. DETAIL: Wu stated that while the city cannot legally block private property owners from leasing to ICE, her administration intends to contact those involved to discourage cooperation. Wu claimed ICE activities jeopardize public safety and accused the agency of conducting “unlawful and dangerous” operations. IMPACT: The Department of Homeland…Open
The request calls for 1,500 beds near Denver, 1,500 near Seattle, 700 near Miami, and 1,800 in Pennsylvania.
Even as ICE has retreated from its plan to buy warehouses, the new complex near the Virginia border signals that the agency remains determined to increase its detention capacity.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative.
The suspected holding facility is expected to be around 18,700 square feet, according to the lawsuit, and will hold up to 150 detainees.
ICE is in talks to buy turnkey immigration detention facilities from its biggest vendors as local backlash derails its plan to rapidly renovate warehouses into large-scale detention spaces . Why it matters: The Department of Homeland Security wants to own its detention spaces, a pivot from the mostly leased network of beds that held a peak a population of more than 70,000 detainees earlier this year. Zoom in: "The broader vision is to develop a nationwide network that consolidates populations in relatively larger facilities that allows them to be able to service the needs of the entire country," CoreCivic CEO Patrick Swindle said on an investors call on Thursday. - CoreCivic leases roughly one-quarter of ICE's immigrant detention beds to…
Trump has faced a litany of legal setbacks to his mass deportation efforts, with several cases reaching the Supreme Court.
Officials have argued in court filings that the projects are exempt from federally required assessments, but are scrambling after a judge disagreed.
At the height of the crackdown late last year, ICE arrests surged to around 40,000 in December, fueled by aggressive operations that deployed heavily equipped agents to workplaces, transit stops, and public areas.