ICE has wasted tens of millions to carry out Trump’s mass detention agenda
GAO documents array of costly problems as ICE pursues controversial plans to rapidly increase detention capacity
TL;DR
- ICE has wasted tens of millions of dollars on plans to increase detention capacity.
- GAO documented costly problems, including unused tents at Guantánamo Bay and warehouses that never housed detainees.
- ICE lacks a comprehensive strategic plan for spending its expanded detention budget.
- The agency paid excessively high rates for detainees at a Florida facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz'.
- DHS plans to develop a strategy for detention expansion by August 2027, but waste may continue before then.