SALT LAKE CITY — A new report claims Utah is expected to be the site of a new ICE detention center built by the Department of Homeland Security, as an effort to quickly construct additional facilities to house arrested immigrants ramps up.
CNN reported a source saying Utah is one of six states where the migrant detainment facilities will be built, each housing as many as 10,000 people. The centers would be "soft-sided tents," the report added.
The other states are Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.
According to the report, DHS is using $10 billion funneled through the U.S. Navy in order to quickly build the centers, with construction possibly set to begin as early as next month.
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The program used to build the facilities would utilize the Navy's Supply Systems Command as a contractor.
CNN says DHS is quickly looking to build detention centers as more and more immigrants are arrested and taken into custody across the country.
