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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pressing forward with a plan to acquire large warehouses across the United States and convert them into immigration detention facilities to expand detention capacity, Bloomberg reports.
The outlet cites examples of warehouse purchases costing millions of dollars in states such as Texas and Arizona.
NEW – Trump’s DHS buy industrial warehouses in at least eight states to establish a large-scale mass detention network.https://t.co/T9tMW8VGk1
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 30, 2026
Bloomberg shared further details:
The cost for acquiring two warehouses alone was $172 million. A third in El Paso, Texas, could be among the largest jails of any kind in the country if completed as envisioned, with 8,500 beds. The deals mark the latest turn in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to use as many as 23 warehouses for detaining thousands of immigrants arrested by federal agents in Minneapolis and other cities. Those aggressive enforcement actions have ignited clashes with protesters and led to agents killing two US citizens.
On Jan. 16, the administration paid $102 million for a site near Hagerstown, Maryland, according to a local court filing. A week later, the government paid $70 million in cash for a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona. The price tags — roughly in line with the industry average for the warehouse market — cover just the acquisition of the sites, which are currently empty shells. ICE still has to pay companies to outfit the buildings with toilets, showers, beds, dining and recreation areas and then run them as detention centers.
The El Paso site was purchased by the Department of Homeland Security recently, according to people familiar with the transaction who asked not to be named discussing a confidential process. But the sale price hasn’t yet been made public.
As the political pressure intensifies, some deals are collapsing. Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison’s company said Friday that a transaction to sell its 550,000-square-foot warehouse in Ashland, Virginia, “will not be proceeding.” Earlier in the week, the company had said it had initially agreed to sell the facility to a US government contractor but that “some time later, we became aware of the ultimate owner and intended use of the building.” It added: “We understand that the conversation around immigration policy and enforcement is particularly heated, and has become much more so over the past few weeks. We respect that this issue is deeply important to many people.”
“These will not be warehouses — they will be well structured detention facilities meeting our regular detention standards. DHS law enforcement is conducting law enforcement activities across the country to keep Americans safe. It should not come as news that ICE will be making arrests in states across the U.S. and is actively working to expand detention space,” DHS stated.
“Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE has new funding to expand detention space to keep these criminals off American streets before they are removed for good from our communities,” it added.
These will not be warehouses — they will be well structured detention facilities meeting our regular detention standards.
DHS law enforcement is conducting law enforcement activities across the country to keep Americans safe. It should not come as news that ICE will be making… https://t.co/IMnFIu690z
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 30, 2026
FOX 10 Phoenix provided further info on the warehouse acquisition in Arizona:
The Department of Homeland Security has purchased a 418,000-square-foot warehouse in Surprise for more than $70 million, according to Maricopa County property records.
The all-cash transaction, which includes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a party to the acquisition, covers a massive industrial property located near Sweetwater Avenue and Dysart Road.
12 News provided video coverage: