Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) As the Trump administration seeks to expand its arrest and deportation operations across the United States, it takes action to detain illegal immigrants.
ICE announced that the Delaney Hall facility in Newark, New Jersey, said it had reached an agreement with the facility’s owners to re-establish a processing and detention center that can accommodate up to 1,000 beds.
“This detention center is the first person to open under the new government,” Acting Ice Commissioner Caleb Vitello said in a statement.
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ICE’s federal law enforcement officers will detain Jorge Carvajal Castrejon, 36, in Houston, Texas on January 28. (ice)
“Locations near international airports simplify logistics and help facilitate timely handling of individuals we detain as we fulfill President Trump’s mandate to arrest, detain and evacuate illegal foreigners,” he said.
The agency said the facility will expand the Northeast’s capacity and improve the agency’s ability to manage “growing” law enforcement and evacuation operations in the region.
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This image shows the Delaney Hall facility. (statecourt.org)
This is after the arrests of indoor ice soared compared to Biden-era figures, the agency attempted to launch a “historic” deportation campaign promised by the Trump campaign.
Fox reported this month Department of Homeland Security Data Showing 11,791 internal ice arrests from January 20 to February 8, up from 4,969 in the same period in 2024. This increased by 137%.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC on February 26, 2025 (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
DHS secretary Kristi Noem has since said that more than 20,000 illegal immigrants have been arrested in a month under the new government.
The administration tries to free ice sheet agents by removing restrictions imposed by the Biden administration and ends Temporary protection status For certain nationalities.
It also limits the use of expedited demolition restrictions and allows ICE to review the parole status of immigrants brought by humanitarian parole, thereby deporting them.
The government has been reaching agreements with other countries to reclaim their illegal immigration or strengthen their own border security efforts.
Fox News Digital reported earlier this month that ICE has less than 42,000 beds available and has exceeded capacity under the current government.
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The Trump administration has been working to get more beds and detention space, but Sources tell Fox News Digital Due to the time required to determine the building, hire personnel and conduct background checks and related requirements, it usually takes about 30 days for the contractor to deliver.
