DHS Transforms Warehouses Into The World's Most Unwanted Airbnb for 9,500 Guests
KEY POINTS
- •The Department of Homeland Security is rapidly buying warehouses nationwide to convert into large ICE detention centers holding up to 9,500 detainees.
- •Protests erupted in Hanover County, Virginia, Maryland, Texas, and New York as local residents and some politicians opposed these purchases.
- •Despite tragedies like shootings in Minneapolis, DHS officials emphasize continuing mass deportations, spending over $170 million on properties since early 2026.
The Department of Homeland Security is turning massive commercial warehouses—think giant e-commerce ghost malls—into ICE detention centers housing up to 9,500 people each because apparently, cubicles aren't enough. With a fresh $45 billion budget nicknamed the 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' DHS is blitz-buying properties like a resort developer with a dark agenda, including a $50 million warehouse in Hanover County, Virginia, sparking protests louder than a Black Friday mob. Protests have also erupted in Maryland, Texas, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and New York, with Senators like Chris Van Hollen gatecrashing like uninvited party crashers. Meanwhile, Trump’s border czar Tom Homan insists mass deportations are staying on schedule despite Minneapolis shootings causing the POTUS to briefly 'recalibrate' his deportation playlist. DHS already spent $170 million on warehouses from Maryland to Arizona, creating beds for tens of thousands while local jails and private prison contractors Geo Group and CoreCivic fluff their twisted pillows. Bottom line: 70,000 folks trapped in DHS hotel, no room service required.
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Turning warehouses into detention mega-centers is like repurposing IKEA for life's worst sleepover — no refunds, all injustice. Meanwhile, America wonders why protests keep multiplying faster than DHS budgets.
When your local warehouse goes from storing sneakers to holding 9,500 people in a chilling exhibit called 'Welcome to ICE,' you know America’s real estate market is choice-less.
45 billion dollars later and DHS thinks refurbishing warehouses for human storage beats building actual homes. It’s like upgrading from cardboard boxes to luxury dog crates.
Source: Axios | Published: 2/1/2026 | Author: Brittany Gibson
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