News On ICE Warehouses and Related Topics:
Jun 17: A group of activists in Surprise AZ who are frustrated by their city council’s refusal to take a stand against the planned ICE warehouse have decided to try to disincorporate the city. If the plan works, Surprise will come under the jurisdiction of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
Jun 20: The Intercept reported that John Mark Rozendaal, the cellist who was arrested at the Delaney Hall in May, was asked by the FBI to inform on other protestors.
Jun 22: The Justice Department is offering $1B in public safety grants to cities and police departments willing to work with federal immigration officers. This is part of the shift to a quieter enforcement strategy following the unpopular surges in Chicago and Minneapolis. Approximately $700M comes from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in DOJ. COPS is one of the largest funding sources for local police departments and the Justice Department will now require complying with ICE as a prerequisite to funding. The remaining $300M will be awarded to two to four midsized cities under a program called the Model Cities Initiative. DOJ is sidestepping the usual review process for this grant instead opting to use agency leadership to choose winners based on “true partnership.”
Jun 22: Despite the NoCCUS campaign to stop the coworking spaces contract by ICE, the contract was awarded. Published on SAM.gov on Jun 22, a small business, minority owned company called AG Transfer Agency LLC (Houston) was selected for the $5.7M contract. The company’s only previously known federal contract was a dryer replacement contract ($3.3M) for the Bureau of Prisons. It is unknown how this small company has cobbled together subcontractors to provide the breath of coverage needed for the coworking spaces requirements specified by the government. Contract start is July 1. All ICE personnel could be filling those offices throughout the country on that date.
Jun 23: The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, in a divided three-judge ruling threw out a lower court ruling blocking the Trump administration’s use of expedited removal for deportation. The new ruling is a major victory for the mass deportation agenda and will allow the resumption of speedy deportations (without the ability to appear before a judge) of undocumented migrants throughout the US, not just near the border. This change will likely affect hundreds of thousands and lead to civil rights abuse.
Jun 23: In an incident that occurred July 4th, 2025, The Prairieland 9 were given unusually long sentences in a victory for the Trump administration sending chills throughout the activism community. Texas anti-ICE protesters convicted of terrorism charges sentenced to at least 50 years in prison | Trump administration | The Guardian (see link below for in-depth video)
Jun 24: The National Detainee Handbook and the Detention Officer Handbook have been added to the NoCCUS website (Reference page). This information was included in a DHS Request for Proposal (RFP) package.
Jun 25: In a 6 to 3 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration has the power to end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. Enacted in 1990, the law allowed vetted and eligible migrants to live and work legally in the US if they could not return home due to armed conflict, natural disasters, or other conditions. DHS has the authority to determine which countries qualify. This decision allows Trump to end TPS for Haitians and Syrians without the possibility of judicial review. Those migrants will potentially be made illegal, lose their jobs and face deportation with many forced to leave American-born children in the US. Only four countries have remaining TPS status (El Salvador, Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine). All of them face renewal in the fall.
Jun 25: The state of California and Santa Clara County filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the administration over the building of an ICE facility near Gilroy.
Jun 25: Final announcement of the shuttering of the notorious Florida detention center in the Everglades. The detainees at Alligator Alcatraz were moved the week prior to Gov. DeSantis’ announcement that the facility was closing. An attorney for Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity said the state and federal governments will still be held responsible for their actions despite the closure.
Jun 27: Lance Schroyer was named by Trump as the next ICE director succeeding David Venturella. According to Trump, Schroyer is a patriot, former Marine, and Oklahoma State Trooper. Sec Mullin has commented that Schroyer brings operational field experience and experience working under the 287g program. Schroyer needs Senate confirmation and the Senate hasn’t confirmed an ICE director in 11 years.
Jun 29: Activists in Walsenburg CO received notice of the Final Determination of Sufficiency in their ballot initiative which would prevent the reopening of a prison by the GEO Group under ICE if passed.
Jun 29: Gov. Mikie Sherill and Attorney General Davenport of New Jersey issued a statement saying that DHS has confirmed the Roxbury ICE facility will not move forward.
Jun 30: The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to strike down Trump’s executive order declaring children born to people who are in the US illegally or temporarily are not citizens. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts upheld the long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment on birthright citizenship making a citizen anyone born in the country.
Jun 30: TheGSA signed a 15-year lease on a warehouse near Newburgh, NY for $35.5M to be used by ICE. The contract was awarded to Leverage Enterprises Inc. of Houston. The 60K+ sq. ft building will likely house detainees as the solicitation specifically mentions a sally port big enough for detainee buses and vans. Nearby Chester was the site of a proposed ICE warehouse that was contested by locals before DHS backed off.
LINKS:
Fact-Sheet-Expanded-Expedited-Removal.pdf
Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists
ICE Organizational Chart (withoffice responsibilities and descriptions):
Organizational Structure | ICE
ICE SURGES: Indivisible Hosts Important Call:
Project World Cup: Soccer Unites ICE Divides
July 9: 12-3pm 1 City Hall Square, Boston
July 19: 12-3pm 45 Rockefeller Plaza NYC
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