ICE ‘Detention Reengineering’ Plan Will Expand Capacity, Speed Deportation of Criminal Aliens:
An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo proposes a sweeping “detention reengineering” initiative aimed at fixing the system’s most chronic failures — overcrowded facilities, slow transfers, and deportation backlogs that allow criminal aliens to cycle repeatedly through American communities. The proposal, backed by frontline ICE personnel and major law enforcement groups, would expand detention capacity, streamline processing, and accelerate removals of offenders who currently linger in local jails for weeks or walk free due to lack of space.
The February 13 memo, marked “For Official Use Only” and published on the New Hampshire governor’s website, states that the initiative is needed to address the agency’s orders from President Donald Trump to increase mass deportations. The program calls for eight “mega-centers” with a capacity of up to 10,000 detainees each. The $38.3 billion project is planned for completion by the end of November.
Governor Kelly Ayotte has not publicly stated a position on a proposed regional processing center in proposed facility in Merrimack, and her office has not issued any formal comment on whether she supports its construction.
ICE Director Todd Lyons told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week that there are approximately 1.6million illegal aliens in the United States with final orders of removal issued by DOJ immigration judges. The director reported that half of these, approximately 800,000, have criminal convictions, Fox News reported. Lyons added that the 1.6 million illegal aliens with final orders of removal include nearly 17,000 in the state of Minnesota.
The goal of the initiative is to expand detention capacity to 92,000 beds. Officials say that as the 12,000 new ICE enforcement officers come online, the number of people detained will increase. This will require a massive reengineering of the agency’s detention capabilities.
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ICE ramps up deportation push by boosting capacity to 92,600 beds with $38.3B expansion
Plan includes eight mega-centers capable of housing up to 10,000 detainees each, according to an internal agency memo
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to boost migrant detention capacity to 92,600 beds as part of a nationwide deportation push, according to an internal agency memo.
The memo, dated Feb. 13, 2026, lays out a sweeping overhaul designed to support what ICE describes as the ability to "effectuate mass deportations," including eight mega-centers capable of housing up to 10,000 detainees each and slated to be fully operational by Nov. 30, 2026. The memo states that the initiative will be funded through congressional allocations under the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
Beyond the mega-centers, the plan calls for 16 regional processing sites built to hold between 1,000 and 1,500 detainees for short stays of three to seven days and the acquisition of 10 existing "turnkey" centers where ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations already operates.
The new model aims to consolidate existing contracts while centralizing detention operations nationwide.
The document states that ICE has added 12,000 new law enforcement officers through a surge hiring effort and says expanded detention space will be a necessary downstream requirement to sustain an anticipated spike in enforcement operations and arrests in 2026.
The memo describes the network as ICE’s "long-term detention solution," emphasizing standardized design and scalable infrastructure built to handle both immediate surge capacity and sustained operations.
The newly released document comes as ICE has quietly purchased at least seven warehouses, some exceeding 1 million square feet, in recent weeks across Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Texas, according to The Associated Press. --->READ MORE HERE
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