ICE spending billions to turn warehouses into migrant detention facilities

PBS NewsHour
by Liz Landers
February 27, 2026
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ICE is acquiring industrial warehouses nationwide, planning to convert them into a vast network of migrant detention and processing centers. These facilities aim to hold tens of thousands of detainees, sparking local controversies as seen in one Maryland community.

For months, ICE has been quietly buying industrial warehouses around the country, reportedly with plans to turn them into a network of immigration detention and processing centers to hold tens of thousands of detainees. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports on how the controversy is playing out in one small Maryland community.

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