A Henrico County–based contractor has joined a massive federal effort to expand immigration detention capacity under an executive order issued in January.
Acquisition Logistics LLC, headquartered in Henrico’s Tuckahoe District, was awarded a contract from the US Army on July 18, to establish and operate a 5,000-bed, short-term detention facility in El Paso, Texas. The facility is intended to house people apprehended by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
While the contract was initially reported as $231.8 million, a correction issued by the US Department of Defense later clarified the award’s cumulative face value is around $1.24 billion, raising the stakes and scale of the work expected from the small Henrico firm…