Immigration Customs Enforcement is reopening federal immigration detention centers in New Jersey, New Jersey. It has a capacity of 1,000 beds, the largest facility of its type on the East Coast.
ICE announced Thursday that Delaney Hall will become the agency's first detention center to be the Trump administration.
“Locations near the international airport will help streamline logistics and facilitate timely processing of individuals in custody. statement.
Delaney Hall, owned by the private prison company Geo Group, previously housed immigrant detainees between 2011 and 2017. It is located next to the Essex County Jail.
Geo Group announced contact with ICE on a revenue call on Thursday, saying that detention centres would increase ideally by the end of June. New Jersey Monitor It has been reported.
ICE will pay GEO Group $60 million a year for the next 15 years (total of $900 million) to use Delaney Hall, the company said.
Geo Group CEO David Donahue said in a revenue call that Trump's commitment to expel a massive deportation would expand the “size of opportunity” for private prisons.
New Jersey currently has a law signed by Governor Phil Murphy in 2021, prohibiting opening prisons for state immigrants.
The law was deemed partially unconstitutional by a federal judge in 2023.
Geo Group Sued New Jersey In 2024, it overturned the law, claiming that the Garden State Act violated the supreme provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
New Jersey currently has one active immigration detention in Elizabeth, which can accommodate 270 people.
Meanwhile, New York has three detention centers in Buffalo, Orange and Clinton counties, with a 600 bed capacity. The city reported.
Pennsylvania boasts the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, the highest capacity detention center at the moment.
