ICE Awards $313M Contract for Arizona Immigrant Detention Site
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Arizona Democrats Challenge Trump Administrations $313M Contract for Immigrant Detention Site
The Trump administration awarded a $313.4 million contract to GardaWorld, a security company with no prior experience in running detention facilities, to convert a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona, into a holding site for up to 1,500 immigrants. This deal is part of a larger push to convert industrial warehouses nationwide into detention centers, with another contract going to a defense firm for $113 million to build a similar site in Williamsport, Maryland. Local residents and Democrats, including Representatives Grijalva, Stanton, and Ansari, have strongly opposed the choice of GardaWorld and the bypassing of normal bidding processes. The contract runs through February 2029. Meanwhile, deaths in ICE custody have reached record levels, with 39 people dying since President Trump took office, and the agency is planning to overhaul its operations with funding for up to 135,000 beds by fiscal year 2029.
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