Trump admin scraps ICE detention warehouse plans after controversy

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

June 25, 2026, 5:08 a.m. ET


In the first three months of 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement purchased nearly a dozen commercial warehouses as part of an effort to rapidly expand its detention space.

Now, following intense backlash from local communities, a series of lawsuits and a leadership shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security, the agency appears to be abandoning the initiative – a dramatic shift away from a plan that had already seen spending upwards of $1 billion.

Multiple federal, state and local officials announced in June that the projects would not be moving forward, citing conversations with immigration authorities. DHS also indicated in court records that it intends to sell a warehouse it purchased in Romulus, Michigan.

In a statement to multiple news outlets, DHS said it is “moving swiftly to utilize EXISTING detention space with our state and county partners” to support deportation efforts, rather than converting empty warehouses into detention sites.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/25/ice-cancels-warehouse-detention-plans/90677305007/

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[Miguelito Loveless]

1. So, how many hundreds of millions

have we wasted on that stupid idea?

[sop]

2. And how many hundred of millions did Trump's real estate cronies make when taxpayers purchased all their

empty warehouses for much more than the appraised value?

[FalloutShelter]

3. Tons of money.

Just another grift. I read that an LLC Attached to the Trump family were the owners of some of these properties.

I’ll look for the attribution and post if I can find it.
Found it-
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-warehouse-markups

[eggplant]

5. THIS.

I suspect the cronies bought them up shortly before flipping them to ICE at a huge markup.

[Whip-poor-will]

4. Electing trump

On trump being president ?

We're into billions