Trump administration rushes to rent space for immigration officers conducting raids

Trump administration rushes to rent space for immigration officers conducting raids

Jenna McLaughlin

Ximena Bustillo

Stephen Fowler

September 18, 2025 / 1:14 pm

Employees at the General Services Administration — the U.S. agency that manages government facilities and procurement — are scrambling to find office space to accommodate a rapid increase of immigration enforcement officers carrying out widespread raids across the country.

According to three employees at GSA, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive internal operations and to avoid retribution, the agency has created an "ICE surge" team in recent weeks, referring to an effort to lease private offices to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency officers to establish long-term work space in the cities where they a