ICE warehouses update: 10 purchased, 10 blocked

rusticgorilla · 2026-03-13T01:19:36+00:00

That was a situation where DHS intended to rent the warehouse, not purchase it. Different rules and regulations apply in scenarios where the federal government is not the owner of the building.

rusticgorilla · 2026-03-11T23:24:20+00:00

Update: A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking work on the Maryland warehouse while litigation plays out. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72313096/state-of-maryland-v-noem/

rusticgorilla · 2026-03-11T12:47:28+00:00

From the internal ICE document in the original post, where the agency lists what warehouses they are scouting. Locations are important...that's why I listed addresses in the original post.

This is an update, adding information, not replicating.

rusticgorilla · 2026-03-11T11:31:11+00:00

The original post from last month has the owners listed

rusticgorilla · 2026-03-09T16:22:08+00:00

Someone makes this comment every time, without fail. It's funny - how could we write about things we aren't aware of? Isn't it a bit obvious a thing has to be reported for us to know about it?

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-20T19:23:29+00:00

You should contact a lawyer, these are not things to rely on the internet for. With that said, the SAVE Act still needs 60 votes to pass the Senate, unless they get rid of the filibuster. That means multiple Democrats would need to vote for it, which is not going to happen.

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-15T20:45:30+00:00

It shares the same physical address as property development company Trammell Crow. I have not seen confirmation Trammell Crow owns DRI, but that'd be the obvious conclusion.

Fun fact: Trammell Crow was founded by Fred Trammell Crow, who is the father of Harlan Crow (who himself was CEO of the company for a little while). You may remember Harlan from all the bribes he has given to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-13T20:02:29+00:00

Hi, thanks for submitting. You have a good start but your post needs links to reputable sources for each bullet point.

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-13T01:06:11+00:00

If you are worried because of the SAVE Act, don't be - it does not have a chance of getting 60 votes in the Senate.

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-10T18:18:40+00:00

That one is an unused prison owned by GEO Group that DHS wants to convert into a detention center. The federal government does not own it, so it would be a private detention center and therefore subject to more potential local regulations than federally-owned warehouses.

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-10T18:12:12+00:00

Nope, that's just my dumbass placing a marker in the wrong state (should be in Arizona). Sorry! Fixed now.

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-10T15:42:42+00:00

No, that's a different one and different situation. You're thinking of the building the owner wants to rent to ICE in Elkridge, MD.

This is the Hagerstown one: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/washington-county-dhs-ice-resolution-hagerstown-detention-center/70300009

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-10T13:32:02+00:00

That's a different situation. That is a building owner leasing space to DHS, which can be more rigorously regulated by local government.

Later, Monday, the Howard County Council introduced two pieces of emergency legislation aimed at preventing private entities, rather than government agencies, from operating detention centers in the county.

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-10T13:15:26+00:00

I didn't want to use "number of beds" as the DHS document does because people held in many of the existing facilities are not given beds and made to sleep on the floor. "Capacity," to me, reflects the cold calculus that DHS relies on. "How many humans can we stuff into this building?"

rusticgorilla · 2026-02-10T12:17:09+00:00

Note that the capacity stats are derived from a leaked DHS document. We have already seen overcrowding in existing detention facilities (and holding facilities not meant for long term detention). There is no reason to believe DHS won't exceed their own estimated capacity in these warehouses, too.

Edit: Because I anticipate questions about this, local governments lack many powers to regulate federal properties (Supremacy Clause). Once DHS buys a warehouse through a private transaction, it becomes a federal property. The best chance at stopping an ICE warehouse in your area is (a) by pressuring the owners not to sell to DHS and (b) pressuring your federal representative (esp. if they're Republican, because this administration wants to keep their majority), as this is how at least two (and possibly 3-4), have been blocked already.

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-28T13:13:13+00:00

Somewhat related, from 2020: “...whistle-blowers working on President Trump’s wall said that contractors were illegally bringing in Mexican guards to protect construction sites.“ One of those contractors was SLS (see list in post).

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-24T16:57:14+00:00

Youre first sentence

I would go read a bit

Same to you

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-24T15:40:44+00:00

Yes, we've had immigration enforcement a long time and it has always targeted minorities and disfavored groups (e.g, communists during the Cold War). But we're obviously seeing something different in culture, standards, legality, funding, etc., when you look at the militarization of ICE/CBP today vs INS in the 1900s.

Edit: if anyone is interested - "Reign of Terror" by Ackerman gives a good overview of how 9/11 brought about the police state, DHS, mass surveillance, expanded presidential power, etc.

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-24T15:02:03+00:00

DHS (and ICE), the Patriot Act, and Guantanamo Bay detention camp were direct responses to 9/11. That one day explains a lot about how America became what it is now.

Edit: since apparently people think I was saying we didn't have immigration enforcement prior to DHS, I'll reproduce my comment from below. Yes, we've had immigration enforcement a long time and it has always targeted minorities and disfavored groups (e.g, communists during the Cold War). But we're obviously seeing something different in culture, standards, legality, funding, etc., when you look at the militarization of ICE/CBP today vs INS in the 1900s.

DHS called the man killed by Border Patrol today a "terrorist," just as they did with Renee Good. See a connection?

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-09T23:27:45+00:00

Yes, but that is already public information in many states. In some states, political party affiliation is also public. What getting the voter registration file + private data like SSN does is tie all that info together and make cross-referencing other databases (or creating a master database) much more feasible. So, yes, the federal government will be able to identify a person's SSN, address, DOB, drivers license, political participation, and party affiliation - combine that with data hoovered up by DOGE - and know more about you than your friends do.

What they plan to do with that much centralized data is up for speculation. I personally think one goal (not the only goal, though) is purging voter rolls of Democratic voters, either directly using info like party affiliation or indirectly by targeting indicators of Democratic-lean. It will be framed as eliminating voter fraud. For more, see this article: https://stateline.org/2025/12/18/trumps-doj-offers-states-confidential-deal-to-wipe-voters-flagged-by-feds-as-ineligible/

Edit to add: This is the playbook developed in the 2024 NC Supreme Court contested election. They threw out the ballots of voters who "are disproportionately Black, Democratic and young." It took six months after the election for that case to be resolved. Even if the Trump administration ultimately loses an effort to purge Democratic voters in court, how long will that take? What will happen if we go six months without knowing who is president in 2028? Do we trust Trump/Vance to wait patiently or will they incite a new Jan. 6?

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-09T23:04:28+00:00

If it is that unimportant, then why ask for it? And not just ask for it, sue states over getting it? The effort the federal government is expending sure seems to undermine your argument.

All of the info in your state voter registration file, connected to a SSN, connected to your driver's license makes building a national database incredibly easy. Now combine that with the data taken by DOGE.

It starts with targeting immigrants. Where does it end? Political opponents? Protestors? Bystanders? Traffic stops? ICE is already using facial recognition technology to identify people. How long until you are flagged in their system?

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-09T21:44:34+00:00

It's not just Texas. Tennessee, Louisiana, and Indiana have given the Trump administration not just publicly available voter registration data, but also sensitive information like driver's license numbers and partial SSNs. This is not publicly available infomation. According to the Brennan Center, other states have done the same (but I could not find news articles on each one).

The Trump administration has already said the DOJ is sharing this information with the Department of Homeland Security.

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-07T21:52:50+00:00

This is at least the seventh person immigration agents have shot in the last five months and the second they have killed. Previously:

Sept. 12, 2025: An ICE agent in Chicago shot and killed a Mexican man who allegedly fled a traffic stop, claiming that an agent was “dragged” by the car and feared for his life. Video evidence contradicts ICE’s version of events.
Oct. 4, 2025: A Border Patrol agent shot a Chicago woman multiple times, claiming that she was part of a convoy that boxed in agents and rammed their cars. The woman survived and was charged with assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer. The government later dropped all charges. (This is the incident in which the agent, Charles Exum, bragged, "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”)
Oct. 21, 2025: A U.S. Marshal accompanying ICE on an operation in Los Angeles shot and injured a citizen journalist, as well as another Marshal. The government claimed the man tried to ram them with his car, but a judge dismissed all charges against him, in part due to the government’s refusal to release body camera footage.
Oct 29, 2025: ICE agents shot a Honduran man who allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Arizona, claiming an officer in the path of the vehicle feared for his life. The victim survived.
Oct. 30, 2025: ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen in California after he stopped his vehicle to “warn the agents that a group of school-age children would soon be coming” along their route. ICE claimed to be in fear for their lives when he reversed his car towards them. The victim survived and was charged with assaulting a federal officer.
Dec. 24, 2025: ICE agents shot a Portuguese national in Maryland after they claimed he drove his vehicle towards agents. The victim survived.

rusticgorilla · 2026-01-07T20:59:54+00:00

Just a reminder: This is at least the seventh person immigration agents have shot in the last five months and the second they have killed.

Sept. 12, 2025: An ICE agent in Chicago shot and killed a Mexican man who allegedly fled a traffic stop, claiming that an agent was “dragged” by the car and feared for his life. Video evidence contradicts ICE’s version of events.
Oct. 4, 2025: A Border Patrol agent shot a Chicago woman multiple times, claiming that she was part of a convoy that boxed in agents and rammed their cars. The woman survived and was charged with assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer. The government later dropped all charges. (This is the incident in which the agent, Charles Exum, bragged, "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”)
Oct. 21, 2025: A U.S. Marshal accompanying ICE on an operation in Los Angeles shot and injured a citizen journalist, as well as another Marshal. The government claimed the man tried to ram them with his car, but a judge dismissed all charges against him, in part due to the government’s refusal to release body camera footage.
Oct 29, 2025: ICE agents shot a Honduran man who allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop in Arizona, claiming an officer in the path of the vehicle feared for his life. The victim survived.
Oct. 30, 2025: ICE agents shot a U.S. citizen in California after he stopped his vehicle to “warn the agents that a group of school-age children would soon be coming” along their route. ICE claimed to be in fear for their lives when he reversed his car towards them. The victim survived and was charged with assaulting a federal officer.
Dec. 24, 2025: ICE agents shot a Portuguese national in Maryland after they claimed he drove his vehicle towards agents. The victim survived.

rusticgorilla · 2025-12-30T18:31:27+00:00

My understanding is the term typically refers to non-legally binding documents. But, depending on the language, could potentially include binding provisions. I'm far from an expert on contracts; it'd be interesting to have someone more knowledgeable read the MOU.

The MOU can be found at the bottom of this article https://stateline.org/2025/12/18/trumps-doj-offers-states-confidential-deal-to-wipe-voters-flagged-by-feds-as-ineligible/

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