source: Communities Not Cages
Right now, the United States is experiencing unprecedented expansion of the immigration detention system. In June 2025, ICE was detaining more than 59,000 people—a 48 percent surge since January. This marks the highest ICE detention population in U.S. history. The MAGA megabill will accelerate the Trump administration’s aggressive multi-layered expansion plan to detain 100,000 people at any given time.
Trump’s multi-layered expansion plan (see our new expansion map) has proliferated ICE operations into other government agencies, including the Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Defense, using military bases as deportation hubs and growing ICE partnerships with local sheriffs and county jails. The administration has expanded surveillance, brought back family detention, began an unprecedented carceral partnership with El Salvador, and increased neighborhood and workplace raids that hurt communities and disappear people, including activists who oppose Trump’s agenda, into ICE’s network, often sowing fear and confusion.
Kicking off today, DWN will be spotlighting each of the above facilities and the local campaigns that are fighting against it in a weekly social media series, starting with the ICE out of Dublin Coalition fighting the reopening of FCI Dublin Prison in California.
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We call for the permanent closure of FCI Dublin and oppose its reopening as an ICE detention center. Prior to shutdown, non-US citizens incarcerated in FCI Dublin were specifically preyed upon by staff because of their immigration status and pending deportation case. Handing over a facility known for sexual abuse to another agency with a well-documented history of abuse is a recipe for disaster.
Click HERE to sign the petition to stop the reopening of the notorious FCI Dublin federal prison in Dublin, CA as an immigration detention center.
The following 11 facilities are representative of the administration’s multilayered expansion plan:
FCI Dublin Prison, California: A former federal prison that closed last year due to powerful survivor-led organizing following years of horrific staff sexual abuse, retaliation, and medical neglect. The use of BOP prisons for ICE custody is widening across the country. Status: Fight to halt the opening.
Delaney Hall Detention Center, New Jersey: Dubbed by Trump as the first new facility under this administration, Delaney Hall is operated by GEO Group despite sustained community organizing against the facility, ongoing objections from New Jersey’s federal representatives, litigation, and proper city permits. Status: Operational.
CA City Correctional Center, California: A former federal prison owned by CoreCivic that could become one of the largest facilities for ICE detention if opened. Status: Fight to halt the opening.
Leavenworth Detention Center, Kansas: A former federal prison operated by CoreCivic that closed in 2022. Status: Fight to halt the opening.
Guantanamo Detention Center, Cuba: Offshore military base with an extensive history of abuse and torture, costing the federal government an estimated $100,000 per person daily. Status: Operational.
Central Louisiana ICE Detention Center, Jena, Louisiana: A rural and sprawling facility operated by GEO Group that recently detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khlalil. Status: Operational.
South Louisiana ICE Detention Center, Basile, Louisiana: An all female facility operated by GEO Group within Louisiana’s notorious detention alley. Status: Operational.
Torrance Detention Center, New Mexico: Operated by CoreCivic, Torrance’s closure was strongly recommended by the DHS Office of Inspector General in 2022 due to abuse and mismanagement. Status: Operational.
North Lake Detention Center, Michigan: Operated by GEO Group, North Lake reopened in June as an ICE detention center after closing in 2022 when it was used as a segregated immigrant-only prison. Status: Operational.
Krome Detention Center, Florida: Considered one of the oldest and most notorious ICE detention centers where frequent abuse occurs including overcrowding. Status: Operational.
Everglades Concentration Camp, Florida: Surrounded by one of the most fragile ecosystems in the country, members of Congress toured the facility last week and decried the inhumane conditions where people are caged in a remote setting with a complete lack of infrastructure. Status: Operational.
The Communities Not Cages campaign brings people across the country together to fight these facilities and more to demand detention centers shut down, halt expansion, and free people from detention to protect immigrant family members, friends, and neighbors.
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Sign the petition HERE to stop expansion of ICE detention.
