Democratic lawmakers are starting an investigation into the Trump administration’s plan to spend billions of dollars buying and retrofitting warehouses as immigrant detention centers, ramping up scrutiny of a key piece of the White House’s push for mass deportations.
In a letter, the group of more than 50 US senators and representatives asked contractors and real estate companies for details of their roles in the $38 billion plan. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking to streamline a network of more than 200 local, state and privately-run facilities into 34 government-owned jails, with at least some operated by contractors.
“ICE ...