In Florida and beyond, warehouses could soon serve as ICE detention centers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to build, buy and renovate warehouses, detention centers and processing facilities across the country under a $38.3 billion plan known as the “Detention Reengineering Initiative.”
Florida is on the list. A potential site in the southeast Orlando area is a 440,000-square-foot warehouse on Transport Drive, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Under the expansion plan, ICE would acquire and renovate 16 existing buildings — including the one in Orlando — to serve as regional processing centers where immigrants would be held for up to seven days. Each site could house up to 1,500 people daily.
Additionally, the agency plans to purchase and renovate eight large centers to hold up to 10,000 detainees. The average stay at these sites would be about 60 days. ICE would also buy 10 existing “turnkey” sites where the agency and its Enforcement and Removal Operations unit already operate.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/2026/02/18/florida-beyond-warehouses-could-soon-serve-ice-detention-centers/
Looks like the plan is to renovate all those empty distribution centers I see popping up everywhere...
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