ICE Accelerates Plans for New Immigrant Detention Facilities, Including Guantanamo Expansion
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is pushing to significantly accelerate the construction of new immigrant detention facilities across multiple U.S. locations and expand existing operations. The agency has drastically cut its own construction timeline in half, now aiming for a one-year deadline to design and build secure housing units, with financial penalties imposed for any delays. In a move to further expedite the process, bidders are even invited to propose shorter "accelerated" schedules, which would count favorably in their proposals. This initiative is part of a broader program through which ICE intends to build detention space on land it already owns, an approach adopted after previous efforts to convert purchased warehouses and route work through a Navy construction program faced lawsuits and political pressure, stalling their progress. The contracting documents indicate that a single company could be tasked with building facilities concurrently at seven distinct sites: Broadview, Ill... 
