News on ICE Warehouses & Related Topics:
Highlights from ICE Spending Report (National)
– Akima Infrastructure had 3 actions that totaled $23M and Akima Global Services had 1 action of $635K
– CoreCivic had 4 actions for $33.6M
– GEO Group had 4 actions for $23.2M
AKIMA:
– The Akima Global Services action added $635K to the Batavia (Buffalo, NY) detention services
– The Akima Infrastructure supplemented the work/scope agreement at the Batavia facility
– Another Akima Infrastructure action added $23.5M in funds for the Krome (FL) operations
– The fourth Akima Infrastructure added $500K for Detainee Welfare Supplies (Batavia)
CoreCivic:
– $4.8M funds added for Otay Mesa (CA)
– $12.3M for California City detentions services (CA)
– Extends and adds $9.7M for Leavenworth (KS) facility for this year through 31 Aug 26
– $6.8M for Leavenworth (KS) facility for a new start of 1 Sep 26 through 27 Aug 27
GEO Group:
– Adds $6.8M to fund the Aurora CO facility through 15 Oct 26
– Adds the 2026 Detention Standards to the Aurora facility – no cost
– Adds $11.984M for the Montgomery Processing Facility in Houston (TX)
– Adds $4.4M for the Broward (FL) transitional facility
Other Items
– $132M added to CSI Aviation ongoing flight arrangements
– 5 actions extended surveillance and contract clean-up to the $215M ElbitAmerica efforts – a company that Wikipedia says has more business in Israel than the US
– $100M to GardaWorld for detainee transportation throughout the 254 counties of TX (287g)
AAC-Surge Report: $254K barriers for use at Houlton ME
AAD-AAE Year-to-Date Obligations: $744M was obligated to bring the annual total to $48.741B
AAW-WEXMAC: No changes
Headlines:
Aug 29: In a recently released ICE contract solicitation, an arrangement is outlined covering mobile detention facilities (defined as vans for holding detainees) for the PA region. There are no specified rules governing length of time in the vans nor food, water, restrooms, temperature control, nor medical attention while in the vans raising concerns for detainee well-being. Additionally, bus routes for the 4 sites where ICE wants bed capacity (Denver, Miami, Seattle, Central PA) have been outlined in attachments to the solicitation. Once ICE awards the contract for Central PA, expect surge activity. (Project Salt Box Article, Aug 29, below)
Sep 2: Activists reported one of the largest ICE workplace raids in PA state history. Using traffic stops, check points, and following workers home from a construction site, ICE arrested nearly 50 people. Cooperating local agencies included Danville and Mahoning Township police departments. The construction employees were working on an expansion to the Geisinger Medical Center.
Sep 3: Rep Mike Soboleski announced that a new ICE holding facility is under construction at the former Newport District Courthouse in ME. This comes just two months after the fatal shooting of Johan Duran Guerrero in nearby Biddeford.
Sep 3: For the Turn-Key detention contract affecting 4 sites (central PA, Denver, Seattle, and Miami) owned by the Geo Group, the government has required bidders to respond with a priced option showing the government owning the facility. DHS has been buying contractor-owned sites and through this contract action is signaling the desire to continue buying facilities. Phase 1 of the bidding process is due Sep 11.
Sep 3: The GEO Group hosted an open house hiring event at the Big Horn Detention facility in Hudson, CO over the weekend of Sep 3-5. Eleven different career fields were listed for hire.
Sep 4: Lawmakers sent several bills to California’s Governor Newsom for signature. These bills covered detention facility oversight, a civil detainees’ bill of rights, commissary protection, protecting vulnerable detainees, detention facility transparency, and a private detention facility tax.
Sep 4: Hagerstown Rapid Response reported that ICE occupied a residential neighborhood in Frederick, MD for two days. The situation escalated on the night of Friday, Sep 4 with ICE driving onto to a public sidewalk ordering people to leave and threatening arrests. Protestors who attempted to link arms around a targeted home were grabbed, shoved, stuck, and beaten by ICE. Local police stood by and watched. Activists are calling for investigations into the incident trying to hold both ICE and local law enforcement accountable.
Sep 5: The Guardian reported that ICE received permission to continue force feeding through a nasal tube a Cuban detainee held in a detention facility near Houston. The new order allows a surgery to fit a surgical feeding tube without his consent. Humane rights groups condemn the use of force feeding as torture.
Sep 6: The Washington Post published an investigative reporting piece concerning the use of 287(g) partnership agreements in Oklahoma. It revealed how Oklahoma Highway Patrol officers are actively targeting undocumented immigrants. The collaboration between ICE and the state represents an escalation in immigration enforcement tactics during the current administration.
Sep 7: Filmmaker Laura Poitras spoke at the Venice Film Festival about the motivations behind her latest project, They’re Here, a 25-minute documentary that chronicles what happened in Minneapolis during ICE’s paramilitary occupation last year.
Sep 8: Project Salt Box highlighted the award of the almost $10M contract to maintain the ICE warehouse in Williamsport MD for about one year.
Sep 8: Newsweek reported that Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA) and Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL) introduced legislation to bar the use of “shock gloves” by ICE and their partner agencies.
Sep 9: The city of Surprise posted three pages of information on the water system and usage. Gardaworld has a $7.9M obligation to pay bills for expansion and improvements. The city notes discrepancies with Gardaworld’s figures for average and peak water demand as well as other issues. Nothing has been settled on this issue and approval has not been granted.
Sep 9: Approximately 170-200K Salvadorans have been granted an extension on their expiring Sep 9th TPS and work permits. Until a formal announcement is made, they are not deportable. Work permits remain valid awaiting a decision.
Sep 9: Three new residents of Hudson CO were added to the lawsuit against the Town of Hudson alongside another resident of Weld County. The plaintiffs argue that the town has refused to review or enforce the zoning code as it applies to the reopening of the Big Horn Detention Center under the GEO Group. Last month, lawyers for the town filed a motion seeking to dismiss the case on grounds that the plaintiffs in the case did not have standing to bring the case.
Sep 9: CBS published an article on how the Trump administration is destabilizing immigrant families and how children are suffering. Immigration enforcement under Trump’s second term has left hundreds of thousands of children facing family separation, fear, and reduced access to basic services. Pediatricians and community groups report rising anxiety, depression, and even suicides among kids as detentions, raids, and benefit restrictions destabilize daily life. Experts warn the long-term developmental and societal consequences could affect an entire generation.
Sep 10: The Washington Post reported that the administration wants to end a 60-day grace period in which certain skilled workers (H-1B visas) after losing a job were allowed to look for another job or prepare to leave the country. This provision was allowed under a 2017 regulation. USCIS announced plans to eliminate this regulation making immediate departure from the US a requirement.
Sep 12: The Justice Department used the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, a secretive tribunal that has never been used and has been widely believed to be unable to withstand a test of Constitutionality, to deport an Afghan woman. Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department will continue to use this court.
LINKS:
See Flyers Page for new NoCCUS flyers on Economic Impacts of Prisons (Detention Centers) on Communities & 287(g) Agreements
ICE Detention Facilities – Directory
Follow the $: Trump Bill for Mass Deportations: $268.9 Billion, and Counting:
july_2026_federal_spending_for_mass_deportation_and_detention.pdf
Embedding with the state troopers carrying out Trump’s immigration crackdown – The Washington Post
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