Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to boost migrant detention capacity to 92,600 beds as part of a nationwide deportation push, according to an internal agency memo.
The memo, dated Feb. 13, 2026, lays out a sweeping overhaul designed to support what ICE describes as the ability to “effectuate mass deportations,” including eight mega-centers capable of housing up to 10,000 detainees each and slated to be fully operational by Nov. 30, 2026. The memo states that the initiative will be funded through congressional allocations under the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
Beyond the mega-centers, the plan calls for 16 regional processing sites built to hold between 1,000 and 1,500 detainees for short stays of three to seven days and the acquisition of 10 existing “turnkey” centers where ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations already operates.
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The document states that ICE has added 12,000 new law enforcement officers through a surge hiring effort and says expanded detention space will be a necessary downstream requirement to sustain an anticipated spike in enforcement operations and arrests in 2026.
The memo describes the network as ICE’s “long-term detention solution,” emphasizing standardized design and scalable infrastructure built to handle both immediate surge capacity and sustained operations.
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