ICE Plans Mega Warehouses to Hotel 100,000 People, Calls It 'Humane Detention'

KEY POINTS

•In 2026, ICE announced plans to spend $38.3 billion on eight mega detention centers and 16 processing units.
•New Hampshire’s Governor Kelly Ayotte was given a $300 million impact analysis detailing 1,252 local jobs.
•Several warehouse sales to ICE stalled as owners in Virginia and Missouri backed out amid political pushback.

In 2026, ICE decided 'small and cozy' is overrated and is splurging $38.3 billion of their $45 billion 'One, Big, Beautiful Bill' on a new detention center empire hosting 92,600 ‘guests.’ They’re buying eight mega centers to house up to 10,000 people each for about two months, plus 16 fast-food style processing hubs for 3-7 day layovers. New Hampshire’s GOP Gov. Kelly Ayotte got a $300 million tab memo to retrofit Merrimack facility that promises 1,252 jobs, while warehouse owners in Virginia and Missouri are ghosting on ICE offers. Senator Roger Wicker is also side-eyeing this plan for wrecking economic growth & infrastructure. Bonus quote from ICE memo: these jails are 'safe and humane'—which probably means nothing like a warehouse rave.

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@MockingbirdNews · now

Nothing says 'safe and humane' like cramming near 100,000 people into massive warehouses, because evidently prisons weren’t depressing enough already.

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