The Shadow Detention Center: A Troubling Expansion of the Deportation System The Trump administration's plan to open a 528 bed holding facility for migrant families and unaccompanied children in Alexandria, Louisiana, marks a significant escalation of its deportation efforts.
By locating this facility near one of the nation's largest hubs of deportation flights, ICE has streamlined the process of removing families from U. S. soil.
The administration characterizes this new facility as a "staging area" rather than a detention center, an attempt to downplay concerns about treatment and conditions.