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Immigration Detention: Urgent Planning Needed to Avoid Further Waste of Taxpayer Dollars
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<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fiscal-future--managing-the-debt" data-element="js-endpoint-fiscal-future--managing-the-debt">Managing the Debt</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fiscal-future--managing-the-debt" data-element="js-endpoint-Funding-Provisions">Summary of Funding Provisions</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--summary-funds-22-24" data-element="js-endpoint-summary-funds-22-24">Summary of FYs 2022-2024 Funds</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link--status-funds" data-element="js-endpoint-status-funds">Status of FYs 2022-2024 Funds</a>
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<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link--implementation-projects" data-element="js-endpoint-implementation-projects">Implementation of FYs 2022-2023 Projects</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link--previous-tracking-funds-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-previous-tracking-funds-reports">Previous Tracking the Funds Reports</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fiscal-future--auditing" data-element="js-endpoint-fiscal-future--auditing">Auditing the Government's Books</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fiscal-future--unpacking-financial-report" data-element="js-endpoint-fiscal-future--unpacking-financial-report">Unpacking the Financial Report</a>
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<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--highlights" data-element="js-endpoint-highlights">Highlights</a>
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<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--explore-actions" data-element="js-endpoint-explore-actions">Recommendations</a>
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<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--background" data-element="js-endpoint-background">Background</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fiscal-future--managing-the-debt" data-element="js-endpoint-about-this-work2">About This Work</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--duplication" data-element="js-endpoint-about-this-work">About This Work</a>
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<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--topics" data-element="js-endpoint-topics">Topics</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--trends" data-element="js-endpoint-trends">Trends</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fiscal-future--managing-the-debt" data-element="jump-to-endpoint-csf">About the Center</a>
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<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--why-high-risk" data-element="js-endpoint-why-high-risk">Why It's High Risk</a>
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<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--what-remains" data-element="js-endpoint-what-remains">What Remains To Be Done</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--key-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-key-reports">Key Reports</a>
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</div>
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<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--recent-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-covid-reports">Newest COVID-Related Reports</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--science-ai-use" data-element="js-endpoint-science-ai-use">AI at GAO</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--flood-insurance" data-element="js-endpoint-flood-insurance">Flood Insurance</a>
</div>
</div>
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<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--recent-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-pandemic-reports">Past Pandemic-Related Reports</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--recent-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-cares-act">CARES Act Oversight Reports</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--recent-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-covid-reports-all">All COVID-19 Reports</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fraud" data-element="js-endpoint-fraud">Report Suspected Fraud</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--explore-actions" data-element="js-endpoint-Subjects2">Subjects</a>
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<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-notified">How to Get Notified</a>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--recent-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-Past-Racial-Inequality-Reports">Past Reports</a>
</div>
</div>
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<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-881 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--public-health-threats" data-element="js-endpoint-public-health-threats">Public Health Threats</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link" data-element="js-endpoint-summary-funds">Explore the FY 2022 and 2023 Funds</a>
</div>
</div>
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<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-3206 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link" data-element="js-endpoint-summary-funds22">Status of FY22 Projects</a>
</div>
</div>
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<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-lessons">Lessons Learned</a>
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</div>
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<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-2421 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--recent-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-agency-reports">Agency Reports</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-26 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--recent-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-recent-reports">Recent Reports</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--recommendations" data-element="js-endpoint-recommendations">Recommendations</a>
</div>
</div>
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<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1411 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--supplemental-material" data-element="js-endpoint-supplemental-material">Supplemental Material</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-36 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--full-report" data-element="js-endpoint-full-report">Full Report</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--additional-data" data-element="js-endpoint-additional-data">Additional Data</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-61 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--view-decision" data-element="js-endpoint-view-decision">View Decision</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--downloads" data-element="js-endpoint-downloads">Downloads</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-896 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--previous-actions" data-element="js-endpoint-previous-actions">Previously Identified Actions</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--related-pages" data-element="js-endpoint-related-pages">Related Pages</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--associated-agencies" data-element="js-endpoint-associated-agencies">Associated Agencies</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--tough-choices" data-element="js-endpoint-tough-choices">Tough Choices and Opportunities Ahead</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-906 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--americas-fiscal-future-key-areas" data-element="js-endpoint-americas-fiscal-future-key-areas">Americas Fiscal Future Key Areas</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-911 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--retirement-sec-key-areas" data-element="js-endpoint-retirement-security-key-areas">Retirement Security Key Areas</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-916 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--current-list" data-element="js-endpoint-current-list">Current List</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-921 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--about-high-risk-list" data-element="js-endpoint-about-high-risk-list">About The High Risk List</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-926 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--area-ratings" data-element="js-endpoint-area-ratings">Area Ratings</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-931 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--previous-high-risk-products" data-element="js-endpoint-previous-high-risk-products">Previous High Risk Products</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-search-vacancies" class="jump-to-link js-link link--search-vacancies">Search Federal Vacancies</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-past-vacancies" class="jump-to-link js-link link--past-vacancies">Past Federal Vacancies</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-violation-letters" class="jump-to-link js-link link--violation-letters">Violation Letters</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1786 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--yellow book" data-element="js-endpoint-yellowbook">About the Yellow Book</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-2601 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--related-resources" data-element="js-endpoint-related-resources">Related Resources</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-961 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--comment-letters" data-element="js-endpoint-comment-letters">Comment Letters</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-951 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--related-publications" data-element="js-endpoint-related-publications">Related Publications</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--contacts" data-element="js-endpoint-contacts-resources">Contacts and Resources</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-3566 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--types-changes" data-element="js-endpoint-types-changes">Types of Changes</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-3571 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--key-changes" data-element="js-endpoint-key-changes">Listing of Key Changes</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fiscal-future--managing-the-debt" data-element="js-endpoint-major-issues">Major Issues Facing the Nation</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--fiscal-future--unpacking-financial-report" data-element="js-endpoint-gov-challenges">Meeting Strategic Challenges</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--resources" data-element="js-endpoint-addl-resources">Additional Resources</a>
</div>
</div>
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<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-3381 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--green-book" data-element="js-endpoint-greenbook">About the Green Book</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-946 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--resources" data-element="js-endpoint-resources">Resources</a>
</div>
</div>
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<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-956 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--advisory-council" data-element="js-endpoint-advisory-council">Advisory Council</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-MissionTeams">Mission Teams</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1906 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-OperationsandStaffOffices ">Operations and Staff Offices </a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1911 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-OrganizationChart ">Organization Chart </a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--key-reports" data-element="js-endpoint-WhyGAO">Why a Career at GAO?</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1916 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-AmIQualified">Am I Qualified?</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1926 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-CompanyCulture">Company Culture</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1931 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-ReasonableAccommodations">Reasonable Accommodations</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-2406 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-VideoGallery">Video Gallery</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-2431 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-PaidInternships">Paid Internships</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1941 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-StudentVolunteers">Student Volunteers</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1951 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-ProfessionalDevelopmentProgram">Professional Development Program</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1956 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-Advancement">Advancement</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1961 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-ExecutiveCandidateAssessmentandDevelopmentProgram">Executive Candidate Program</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1981 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-SummerAssociates">Summer Associates</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1971 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-Externships">Externships</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-1976 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" data-element="js-endpoint-Benefits">Benefits</a>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--strategy" data-element="js-endpoint-strategy">Strategy</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-3611 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--use-cases" data-element="js-endpoint-use-cases">Use Cases</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-2451 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--contacts" data-element="js-endpoint-contacts2">Contacts</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-3211 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--pr-letters" data-element="js-endpoint-pr-letters">Priority Open Recommendation Letters</a>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="menu-icon menu-icon-3216 nav-item">
<div class="item-container">
<div class="item-inner">
<a href="" class="jump-to-link js-link link--transition--key-resources" data-element="js-endpoint-transition--key-resources">Key Resources</a>
</div>
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<!--HTML--><html><body><p class="gao-ff-text">Since January 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has invested billions to expand detention capacity through six initiatives—including one to purchase and renovate warehouses. ICE purchased 11 warehouses for $1 billion.</p>
<p class="gao-ff-text">We found that ICE pursued this and the other initiatives without necessary analysis and planning. ICE now intends to sell 7 of the 11 warehouses. But ICE spent over $20 million on costs it can't recover, such as security.</p>
<p class="gao-ff-text">Developing a strategic plan for detention would help ICE better achieve its goals while also making better use of taxpayer dollars.</p>
<p class="gao-ff-text">Our <a href="http://www.gao.gov/product_recommendations/GAO-26-108663">recommendation</a> addresses this issue.</p>
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<p class="h-Body_Text">As of July 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has pursued an approach to expand detention capacity that has resulted in millions of dollars of waste. Since January 2025, ICE invested billions of dollars in six new initiatives without conducting necessary analysis and planning. For example, ICE purchased 11 warehouses to renovate for detention purposes at a reported cost of about $1.07 billion. In June 2026, ICE officials told GAO they were working to sell seven of the warehouses. ICE reported spending over $20 million on nonrecoverable costs, such as zoning assessments and security, on the warehouses it intends to sell. Waste, which occurs when agencies spend government resources carelessly or extravagantly, is also evident in other initiatives.</p>
<p class="h-Fig-Table_Title">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) New Detention Expansion Initiatives, January 2025–July 2026</p>
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<p class="h-Body_Text">ICE pursued these detention expansion initiatives without developing a comprehensive strategic plan to guide its efforts. For example, ICE has not developed consistent goals or objectives for the size and characteristics of its detention bed space. ICE also has not assessed the risks and benefits of using facilities with high operating costs compared to other less costly options in ICE's traditional detention portfolio.</p>
<p>Developing a comprehensive strategic plan—which includes goals, activities, and resource needs—is a critical element of successful program management. Such a plan could help ICE better manage its multibillion-dollar detention expansion efforts and reduce waste associated with scaling back inefficient detention initiatives. These planning efforts would also better position ICE to select the approaches most likely to achieve its goals while making more efficient and effective use of taxpayer dollars.</p>
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<p class="h-Gray-Col-Text">A January 2025 Executive Order directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain individuals apprehended for violations of immigration law to the extent permitted by law and to allocate all available resources for ICE detention purposes.</p>
<p class="h-Gray-Col-Text">GAO was asked to review ICE’s expansion of immigration detention and operations. This report examines ICE’s efforts to expand detention capacity since January 2025.</p>
<p class="h-Gray-Col-Text">GAO reviewed agency documentation on detention expansion efforts and interviewed headquarters and field officials at eight detention facilities in Texas and Florida. GAO selected these locations because, among other factors, they were the sites of new ICE detention expansion initiatives. GAO reviewed data on operating costs of expansion initiatives and compared ICE detention expansion efforts to program management and DHS guidance.</p>
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