| 2026-06-24 | ACLU Documents 17 ICE Custody Deaths in 2026 as Warehouse Expansion Targets 96,600 Beds
3 src American Civil Liberties Union · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Vera Institute of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Disabled U.S. Citizen Aliya Rahman Dragged from Car by DHS Agents in Operation Metro Surge; Files Civil-Rights Complaint
1 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-08 | Salt Lake City and County Sue DHS/ICE to Block $145M Warehouse Conversion into 7,500-Bed Detention Hub
3 src Salt Lake City · Salt Lake County · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-02 | Orange County FL Adopts Restricted ICE Basic Ordering Agreement with 48-Hour Cap, Stops Short of Full Exit
1 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-06 | GEO Group Reports Q1 2026 Revenue $705M, Raises Full-Year Guidance to $2.95-$3.10B on ICE Reactivations; No Mention of Warren-Raskin Letter
3 src GEO Group · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-25 | Communities Not Cages: 200+ National Actions Oppose ICE Warehouse Detention Expansion; Rep. Tlaib Introduces Ban Warehouse Detention Act
4 src Indivisible · MoveOn · Public Citizen | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-17 | San Antonio City Council Passes Ordinance Restricting New Private Detention Facilities, Exempts Planned ICE Warehouse
2 src ICE · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-17 | Stateline Reveals DHS Scales Back Williamsport MD and Surprise AZ Warehouse Detention Plans from 1,500 to 542 Beds Each Amid State-Level Pushback
4 src Markwayne Mullin · Department of Homeland Security · Kristi Noem · ICE · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-15 | Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Williamsport Maryland ICE Detention Construction Over NEPA Violations
3 src Anthony G. Brown · ICE · Department of Homeland Security · KVG LLC · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-15 | Judge Hurson's Maryland NEPA Preliminary Injunction Halts Williamsport ICE Construction, Cascades Directly to Bexar TX Warehouse Pause and Anchors Arizona and New Jersey Parallel Challenges
8 src Anthony G. Brown · Kris Mayes · Mikie Sherrill · Department of Homeland Security · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-09 | Human Rights Watch Documents Systematic Abuses in ICE's Expanding Warehouse Detention Network, Citing Arizona GardaWorld Contract
2 src Human Rights Watch · ICE · GardaWorld Federal Services · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-08 | ICE Appeals Pennsylvania DEP Administrative Orders Blocking Water-Sewer Hookups at Tremont and Upper Bern Warehouse Detention Sites
5 src Department of Homeland Security · ICE |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | Washington Post Data Analysis: ICE Still Arresting Immigrants Without Criminal Records at 70%+ Rate Despite Administration Pledge to Target Criminals
2 src ICE · Department of Homeland Security · Washington Post | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-02 | Blue Owl Caps Private Credit Fund Redemptions at 5% After Investors Demand $5.4 Billion Back From OCIC and OTIC in a Single Quarter
3 src Blue Owl Capital · Doug Ostrover · Marc Lipschultz | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-29 | Warren, Raskin Lead 52 Lawmakers in Formal Inquiry to Six Detention Contractors and Real Estate Firms Over Trump Warehouse Detention Buildout
6 src Elizabeth Warren · Jamie Raskin · Andrey Sharkov · PNK Group · +9 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-25 | Choctaw Nation Purchases Former Big Lots Warehouse in Durant, Permanently Removing 8,500 Potential ICE Detention Beds From Federal Market
4 src Blue Owl Capital · ICE · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-24 | Markwayne Mullin Sworn In as DHS Secretary After 54-45 Senate Confirmation; Immediately Pauses WEXMAC-TITUS Warehouse Detention Buildout
8 src Markwayne Mullin · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · John Fetterman · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-24 | Michigan AG Nessel and City of Romulus Sue DHS/ICE Over $34.7M Romulus Warehouse Detention Conversion; DHS Under New Secretary Mullin Opens Review April 2
6 src Dana Nessel · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Markwayne Mullin |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-22 | Warren and Shaheen Demand Hegseth End DoD WEXMAC-TITUS Agreement With DHS, Citing $65 Billion Ceiling Growth and Diversion of Navy Resources to Domestic ICE Detention
5 src Elizabeth Warren · Jeanne Shaheen · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Navy · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | New Jersey Governor Sherrill and Attorney General Davenport Sue DHS Over $129M Roxbury Warehouse Detention Conversion, April 8 Emergency Injunction Motion Cites State-Easement Violation
6 src Mikie Sherrill · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Goldman Sachs |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-06 | ICE Awards GardaWorld $313M Contract to Convert Surprise Arizona Warehouse Into 1,500-Bed Detention Center via DOD Procurement
4 src GardaWorld Federal Services · ICE · Department of Homeland Security · Department of Defense | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-24 | Trammell Crow's Merrimack NH ICE Detention Deal Scuttled After Pressure From Residents, ACLU, and Governor Ayotte — First Documented Successful Community Block of a WEXMAC-TITUS Transaction
8 src Kristi Noem · Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-02 | DHS Pays PCCP LLC $87.4M for Upper Bern Township, PA Warehouse — 52% Markup on 17-Month Hold; Heitman $46.4M Acquisition Loan
5 src Department of Homeland Security · ICE |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-29 | DHS Pays Blue Owl $119.5M for Vacant Tremont PA Warehouse, Exactly Double Schuylkill County's Fresh Full-Market-Value Assessment
4 src Blue Owl Capital · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · Big Lots · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-15 | Kansas City Council Passes 5-Year Moratorium on Non-Municipal Detention Facilities Same Day ICE Tours Platform Ventures Warehouse; Port KC Severs Ties Feb. 9; Developer Withdraws Feb. 12
4 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-10 | Choctaw Nation Tribal Council Unanimously Rejects ICE Detention Facility in Durant; City Passes Emergency Ordinance Restricting Sales
3 src Blue Owl Capital | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-09 | PNK Sells Social Circle, GA Warehouse to DHS for $128.5M at 4x Cost Basis in Four-Day Closing for 10,000-Bed ICE Detention Conversion
7 src PNK Group · Andrey Sharkov · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-08 | Navy Activates WEXMAC 2.2 TITUS as Domestic Detention Procurement Vehicle With $10B Ceiling, Repurposing Afghanistan Logistics Contract for ICE
4 src U.S. Navy · Department of Homeland Security · ICE · John Phelan · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-07-04 | OBBBA Signed — $45B ICE Detention + $29.85B Enforcement Appropriations Through FY2029 Fund $38.3B Detention Reengineering Initiative
7 src Donald Trump · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-21 | Target Hospitality Secures Seat on $4 Billion DHS Emergency Detention Strategic Sourcing Vehicle
2 src DHS · ICE |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate Confirms John Phelan as 79th Secretary of the Navy 62-30 Despite Multimillion-Dollar Blue Owl and MSD Holdings
3 src John Phelan · Donald Trump · U.S. Senate · Blue Owl Capital · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-03-05 | Target Hospitality and CoreCivic Restart Dilley Family Detention Under New $246M / $180M Annual Contracts
3 src CoreCivic · ICE |
| confirmed |
| 2024-09-09 | Big Lots Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Stranding Blue Owl-Owned Distribution Centers Later Sold to DHS for ICE Detention
3 src Big Lots · Blue Owl Capital | | confirmed |
| 2006-01-24 | KBR (Halliburton Subsidiary) Awarded $385M DHS/ICE Contingency Contract for Emergency Immigrant Detention Facilities
6 src Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) · Halliburton · Dick Cheney · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1996-09-30 | Clinton Signs IIRIRA Expanding Deportation, Retroactive Aggravated Felonies
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| confirmed |
| 1996-04-24 | Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act Expands Deportation, Strips Judicial Review
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| confirmed |
| 1988-11-18 | Anti-Drug Abuse Act Creates "Aggravated Felony" Category, Merging War on Drugs with Deportation
3 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| confirmed |
| 1984-01-22 | First Fully Privatized Prison Opens in Houston Under CCA Contract with Immigration and Naturalization Service
3 src Corrections Corporation of America · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Thomas W. Beasley |
| confirmed |
| 1983-01-28 | Corrections Corporation of America Founded in Nashville, Launching Modern Private Prison Industry
3 src Thomas W. Beasley · Corrections Corporation of America |
| confirmed |
| 1983-01-01 | Reagan Administration's Mass Immigration Emergency Plan Mandates 10,000 Detention Beds — First Systematic Detention Infrastructure Requirement in U.S. History
4 src Ronald Reagan · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Kenneth Starr |
| confirmed |
| 1980-10-01 | INS Opens Krome Avenue Detention Center on Decommissioned Nike Missile Site, Locking In Detention as Default Immigration Response
4 src Immigration and Naturalization Service · Jimmy Carter · Ronald Reagan · Haitian refugees |
| confirmed |
| 1954-06-17 | Operation Wetback Mass Deportation Uses Military Tactics, Human Rights Violations
3 src Dwight D. Eisenhower · Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| confirmed |
| 1944-12-18 | Korematsu v. United States - Supreme Court Upholds Japanese Internment
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Hugo Black · Frank Murphy · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 1942-02-19 | Executive Order 9066 as Executive-Power Template: FDR's Internment Authority Predicate for 2001 Detention Architecture
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Francis Biddle · Earl Warren |
| confirmed |
| 1942-02-19 | Executive Order 9066 Authorizes Japanese American Internment
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. War Department |
| confirmed |
| 1866-01-01 | Alabama Initiates Convict Leasing: Slavery by Another Name
3 src Railroad companies |
| confirmed |