ICE Moves Forward with Plan to Convert Warehouses to Detention Spaces

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it is moving forward with plans to convert warehouse spaces to immigration detention centers even in the face of lawsuits by migrant activist groups.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced that it is preparing to award contracts to oversee construction at facilities in Texas in San Antonio and outside El Paso, according to a report by the Washington Post.

ICE also reported that it is looking into ways to continue preparing its facility near Hagerstown, Maryland, despite a court injunction aimed at halting the plans.

The April injunction “prevents all renovations except minor repairs and improvements to security, internal drywall, and communications systems,” the paper reported. DHS says it is moving forward to make the improvements that it can in keeping with the injunction.

The Trump administration had planned to open several large facilities to make it easier to process