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   Federal immigration authorities want to use a massive tent facility in   
   California for deportation efforts as they exhaust detention space across   
   the country, according to two people familiar with the plans.   
      
   The tent site, located outside of San Diego, has been operating as a   
   temporary processing center since US Customs and Border Protection opened   
   the 130,786-square-foot location in 2023. With border crossings at the   
   lowest levels in decades, CBP has begun shutting down all but the San   
   Diego-area facility and one other site, the agency said in a statement   
   Thursday.   
      
   Converting the California center is the latest sign that Immigration and   
   Customs Enforcement, which handles detention and removal operations, is   
   trying to keep pace with President Donald Trump’s calls to arrest, detain   
   and deport millions of migrants. So far, those efforts have been hindered   
   in part by the agency’s detention space, which numbers fewer than 50,000   
   beds. On Wednesday, a senior administration official told reporters that   
   ICE had maxed out its detention capacity. The official said ICE has made   
   about 33,000 arrests since Trump took office.   
      
   “The current immigration detention capacity they have, while extremely   
   high already, is still insufficient to meet their goals," said Nayna Gupta   
   of the American Immigration Council. Gupta, policy director for the   
   immigration advocacy group, called the effort an “enormous waste of   
   resources” and noted that the federal government can enforce civil   
   immigration laws without detention.   
      
   Representatives for CBP, ICE and the Department of Homeland Security did   
   not respond to requests for comment about the San Diego-area facility.   
      
   The takeover signals a new strategy for the Trump administration as it   
   seeks to reach agreements with Latin American nations to take deportees   
   from both their own countries and others. The administration has already   
   had to at least temporarily walk back plans to house migrants in   
   immigration detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, because those facilities   
   would not meet ICE’s stricter requirements.   
      
   Trump is set to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 in the coming days,   
   using the law to fast-track deportations of certain migrants, including   
   transfers to Guantanamo, CNN reported, citing multiple officials familiar   
   with the situation.   
      
   CBP began rolling out temporary facilities during the Obama administration   
   to grapple with surges in border crossings — primarily unaccompanied   
   children and immigrant families. The practice continued during the first   
   Trump administration and later under President Joe Biden. Deployed   
   Resources, which operates the California site being transferred to ICE,   
   has received CBP contracts worth more than $4.1 billion over the last five   
   years.   
      
   But using a CBP facility raises other concerns: Its sites are meant to   
   hold people for short stays, not weeks or longer, as is frequently the   
   case with people in ICE custody.   
      
   In a press release announcing the opening in 2023, CBP described the San   
   Diego-area tent facility as a climate-controlled, weatherproof site that   
   can hold about 500 people and includes designated areas for eating,   
   sleeping and personal hygiene.   
      
   Even though such CBP sites are a step up from traditional Border Patrol   
   facilities, they’re still far from what ICE typically requires, said Scott   
   Shuchart, a senior ICE official during the Biden administration. “You need   
   recreation, you need quality food, you need access to medical. It’s very   
   different from a field triage.”   
      
   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-13/san-diego-area-tent-   
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