The Trump administration is shopping around for private contractors who can build immigrant detention facilities across the United States, signifying plans for a massive expansion of its deportation operation.
In a newly listed request for proposals, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials asked contractors to submit plans for new facilities, security, medical support, and other services for a price tag of $45 billion over the next couple of years.
The contract request, reported by the New York Times, was listed last week and could mean a further expansion of the White House’s mission to arrest and remove millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S., a hallmark of the Trump campaign.
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ICE, which had a total budget of nearly $10 billion this year, according to the outlet, does
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