U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reopening the 1,000-bed detention heart at Delaney Corridor in Newark after reaching an settlement with the proprietor to reestablish the federal immigration processing facility, the federal government mentioned Wednesday.
The detention heart is six instances the scale of the state’s solely different detention heart, which is in Elizabeth. No particular date was declared however ICE described the reopening as imminent.
ICE says the ability will increase its detention capability within the Northeast, enhancing the company’s potential to handle the area’s rising enforcement and removing operations in live performance with President Donald Trump’s crackdown.
“This detention center is the first to open under the new administration,” appearing ICE Director Caleb Vitello mentioned in an announcement. “The situation close to a world airport streamlines logistics, and helps facilitate the well timed processing of people in our custody as we pursue President Trump’s mandate to arrest, detain and take away unlawful aliens from our communities.”