U.S. immigration authorities are rapidly expanding migrant detention facilities nationwide, aiming to more than double capacity to 100,000 beds by the end of 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is rushing to construct large-scale tent camps for migrants following a $45 billion funding injection, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The agency’s goal is to increase detention space from the current 40,000 to 100,000 beds by year-end.
The expansion strategy includes new 5,000-bed facilities at military bases such as Fort Bliss in Texas, with additional sites planned in Colorado, Indiana, and New Jersey. A senior ICE official told Reuters that the department is "pursuing all available options to expand bedspace capacity" and that the approach "does include housing detainees at certain military bases."
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has reportedly favoured detention centres operated by Republican-led states and local governments over privately run facilities.
Noem also revealed last week that discussions were underway with five Republican-governed states to replicate Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” – a detention centre known for its strict conditions.
“We've had several other states that are actually using Alligator Alcatraz as a model for how they can partner with us,” she said at a press conference in Florida. She did not name the states involved.
ICE has not confirmed the full scope or details of the expansion plan, but internal documents suggest a clear urgency to scale up operations before the year ends.
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the U.S. already has one of the world’s largest immigration detention systems. The proposed scale-up would mark a historic increase, raising fresh questions about migrant rights, oversight, and federal-state cooperation.
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Saudi Aramco has ordered staff to evacuate its headquarters amid escalating Houthi attacks on the kingdom. Two people were killed in an attack on Dammam airport, while Iran's IRGC Navy claimed strikes on seven vessels and warned the U.S. of a wider response.
Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight killed at least two people and injured 15 others, including two children, Ukrainian authorities said. Meanwhile, Russia said it had intercepted the vast majority of 630 Ukrainian drones launched towards Moscow.
Russia is willing in principle to resume peace talks with Ukraine and the United States in November, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said after President Vladimir Putin met U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg.
Super typhoon Champi is set to batter Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture from Friday (23 October), bringing violent winds, torrential rain and waves up to 11 metres high, as airlines cancel flights and organisers scrap a major festival.
If you tried to visit a government website in Europe on Wednesday and found it down, you weren’t alone. Agencies across the continent pulled their sites offline after serious security flaws were discovered in PHP, the programming language quietly running behind most of the world’s websites.
Greece’s parliament has passed a bill banning under-15s from using social media from 1 January 2027, as the country steps up efforts to protect children online. The new law will require platforms to enforce age restrictions.
Israel has ordered security forces to seal off Hebron and prepare a full closure of the West Bank after a shooting near the city wounded at least five Israelis. Soldiers killed the two gunmen.
France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Friday that 70,000 security forces would be mobilised throughout the country to keep order on Saturday, adding there have been calls for looting and violence from the ultra-left.
Missile and drone attacks have put Saudi Arabia on high alert, disrupting life in Riyadh and testing a new defence pact with Türkiye and Pakistan as regional tensions escalate.
Romanian authorities are searching for missing crew members following an incident involving a ship in the Black Sea. Romanian President Nicusor Dan attributed the incident to Russian escalation.
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