"Eight months after the acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said at a border security conference that the Trump administration aims to carry out its mass deportation operation with the same efficiency as Amazon's package deliveries, a draft document from ICE officials on Wednesday provided never-before-seen details of how the agency plans to do that using massive warehouses repurposed to hold tens of thousands of people."
"The Washington Post reported on a draft solicitation document, a version of which ICE plans to send to private detention companies this week. The proposal calls for contractors to help renovate industrial warehouses across the country, setting each up to hold up to 10,000 people detained by immigration agents at a time - albeit in facilities that will likely have poor ventilation, climate control, plumbing, and sanitation systems. Warehouses, said physician and journalist Dr. Carolyn Barber, "are built for boxes, not humans.""
ICE drafted a solicitation seeking private contractors to renovate industrial warehouses nationwide into detention sites capable of holding 5,000 to 10,000 people each. The facilities would include separate housing units with showers and bathrooms, dining areas, medical units, recreation areas, and law libraries. The plan emphasizes maximizing efficiency, minimizing costs, shortening processing times, limiting lengths of stay, and accelerating removals. Critics warn the warehouses will likely have poor ventilation, climate control, plumbing, and sanitation, and compare the plan to concentration camps. Physicians and journalists noted that warehouses are designed for boxes, not humans. Protests have occurred outside existing immigration facilities.
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