Florida, Alcatraz and immigrant detention
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The D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Charlton County, Georgia, will become the nation's largest immigration detention center. The expansion will increase the facility's capacity to nearly 3,000 beds and create approximately 400 jobs.
South Georgia will host the largest U.S. immigrant detention center, adding 400 jobs and expanding D. Ray James facility to 3,000 beds under a $47M ICE contract.
Roughly 600 people are currently being detained at the migrant detention facility in South Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” authorities told Local 10 News Wednesday.
The Trump administration is expanding migrant detention centers across the country as it seeks to bolster the resources needed to
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) has invited members of Congress and state legislators to a scheduled, 90-minute tour of the facility.
The massive piece of legislation to which President Donald Trump has just attached his legacy allocates $170 billion for immigration and border enforcement over the next four years—including $45 billion to expand the detention of immigrants to fulfill his campaign promise of mass deportations.
Trinamul Congress has been very vocal about the migrant labourers from Bengal being detained in various states, especially in Odisha. The party has highlighted the detention of 23 migrant workers from Nadia by Odisha police.
The video, which has garnered more than 21,000 comments as of Thursday evening, shows Kona Ice, ChurroMania, Elote Lovers and Ms. Cheezious entering the facility.
Inspectors criticise "inadequate" healthcare for migrants at holding centres in ports and airports.