Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish three new detention facilities in Colorado in an effort to increase capacity statewide from 1,360 to 4,090, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
The internal agency road-map document shows plans to open or expand 125 facilities to increase the capacity of ICE centers from 65,922 in July to 107,000 by the end of this year.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the Post the document was created by ICE but said it was outdated and had not been approved. The spokesperson did not elaborate on why the contracts "are not accurate," according to reporting by the Post.
In Colorado, new facilities could be built in:
• Walsenburg at the former Huerfano County Correctional Facility with a capacity of 1,400.
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