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GAO: ICE detention expansion wasted millions
A GAO report found costly missteps in ICE's rapid push to expand detention capacity.
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ICE wasted millions in rapid push to expand detention capacity, watchdog finds
With an unprecedented budget, ICE spent billions in a rush to expand its detention network, wasting millions in the process, the Government Accountability Office found.
ICE wasted millions in rush to expand detention, government watchdog finds
ICE has received more than $75 billion to expand operations since President Trump returned to office — and wasted millions on scaled-back and mismanaged projects, a new GAO report found. Why it matters: In rushing to…
ICE’s $45 billion detention expansion is littered with costly missteps, watchdog reports
The Government Accountability Office criticized plans to sell recently purchased warehouses, the shuttered “Alligator Alcatraz” facility and spending millions to detain an average of 16 migrants in fiscal 2026 at…
Immigration Detention: Urgent Planning Needed to Avoid Further Waste of Taxpayer Dollars
What GAO Found As of July 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has pursued an approach to expand detention capacity that has resulted in millions of dollars of waste. Since January 2025, ICE invested…