ICE’s $38.3 billion warehouse prison plan THIS IS IRRATIONAL! 70,000 PEOPLE IN INHUMANE CONDITIONS

REPUBLICANS, MAGA MAGGOTS, MASS GOP IGNORE FACTS!

THIS WEEKEND, MASS GOP are holding their event....will ANYONE ask for the THUTH? 

THE BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER DESTROYED HEALTHCARE and FOOD PROGRAMS

 

to BUILD WAREHOUSES! THEY ARE SIGNING 14 YEAR LEASES! 

MASS GOP UNDONDITIONALLY EMBRACE ICE GESTAPO INCLUDING THEIR 

ABUSE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS....

ICE’s $38.3 billion warehouse prison plan

February 21, 2026

 

WHY ARE WE DETAINING 70,000 PEOPLE WHO COULD BE WORKING, SUPPORTING 

THEIR FAMILIES, CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES? 

ICE GESTAPO HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORDS! 

MAGA REPUBLICANS HAVE OPPOSED NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP AND ICE GESTAPO HAVE INTERUPTED AND PREVENTED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES! 

HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?  

Trump’s violent ICE forces currently imprison over 70,000 people — a record number.1 ICE prisons like Alligator Alcatraz and Camp East Montana run on abuse, inhumane conditions, and cruelty. Lawmakers have even called Alligator Alcatraz an internment camp.2

Now, ICE wants to spend $38.3 billion to buy up warehouses and turn them into mega-prisons. The plan would allow the agency to detain tens of thousands more people in its horrific detention centers.3

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has already purchased a giant complex the size of seven football fields in Phoenix, an old Big Lots warehouse in Pennsylvania, and a building equal to 640,000 sq. ft. in San Antonio.4,5 Congress must stop this rapid, dangerous expansion.

In some areas where DHS has purchased warehouse buildings, local communities and lawmakers are putting up fierce opposition — from Phoenix to the Philadelphia suburbs.6,7

And Congress recently refused to fund DHS because of ICE’s lawless arrests, detention, and deportations.

Trump’s authoritarian dragnet is taking people away from their families and communities, and throwing them into torture prisons. Congress must end this abuse and stop ICE’s prison expansion plan.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

Sources:

1. NBC News, “ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern,” February 5, 2026.
2. USA Today, “'Help me!' Democrats decry 'vile' conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant prison,” July 14, 2025.
3. Reuters, “ICE to spend $38.3 billion on detention centers across US, document shows,” February 13, 2026.
4. The Guardian, “ICE holds people in disgusting conditions. Now it’s turning warehouses into camps,” February 17, 2026.
5. CBS 21, “Petition started to stop planned Pennsylvania ICE 'Mega-Center' after DHS purchase,” February 9, 2026.
6. Ibid.
7. The Marshall Project, “ICE Is Buying Warehouses. Communities Are Fighting Back.” February 14, 2026.

MEDICAID SLASHED TO FUND ICE GESTAPO IN BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER 

BILL! NOW WAREHOUSES?  

Thanks to you, the Senate has rejected more funding for ICE without critical reforms to end the inhumane and unconstitutional attacks on our communities. Body-worn cameras and training of ICE agents aren’t enough. We demand justice and accountability. Just this year, ICE and CBP have shot and killed people in our streets while last year more people died in ICE custody than in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, ICE is using its massive infusion of tens of billions of dollars from last year’s Big Brutal Bill to buy up warehouses across the country and convert them into detention centers.1 Instead of more money for ICE cruelty, we’re demanding ICE be held accountable and that Congress rescind and reallocate ICE funding toward critical human needs, including health care, nutrition, and housing. Already, we’ve sent hundreds of thousands of messages to Congress, demanding not another dime for ICE cruelty. We’re holding corporations accountable that are enabling ICE violence and surveillance. We’re demanding ICE stay out of sensitive areas such as schools, hospitals, and houses of worship. We’re demanding Congress not allocate another single penny for ICE lawlessness and violence; rogue agencies must be reined in. Rush a contribution today to keep the pressure on Congress to hold firm. Together, we will not stop until our immigrant neighbors are safe and ICE is out of our communities. In love and solidarity, Deborah Weinstein Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs 1 ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US https://chn.org/ Coalition on Human Needs 2021 L Street, NW, Suite 101-219 Washington, DC 20036 Paid for by the Coalition on Human Needs