The D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Charlton County, Georgia, will become the nation's largest immigration detention center. The expansion will increase the facility's capacity to nearly 3,000 beds and create approximately 400 jobs.

Roughly 600 people are currently being detained at the migrant detention facility in South Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” authorities told Local 10 News Wednesday.

South Georgia will host the largest U.S. immigrant detention center, adding 400 jobs and expanding D. Ray James facility to 3,000 beds under a $47M ICE contract.

The Trump administration is expanding migrant detention centers across the country as it seeks to bolster the resources needed to

More than 2,000 migrants have landed on the Mediterranean island of Crete since the weekend, according to coast guard figures, bringing the total number of arrivals this year to over 10,000

Trump's latest budget bill allocates $45 billion to ICE to build new detention centers and doubles immigrant detention capacity, while also increasing immigration-related fees and rolling back oversight mechanisms.

Inspectors criticise "inadequate" healthcare for migrants at holding centres in ports and airports.