The Brief
- Leaked federal records obtained by WIRED reveal a massive, “urgent” expansion of ICE facilities across California and the U.S. using bypassed procurement rules.
- In California, at least seven projects are underway in cities such as Los Angeles and Irvine.
- The full list of over 100 additional planned locations remains hidden due to DHS citing “national security concerns” to keep leases private.
LOS ANGELES – Federal documents obtained by WIRED expose an alleged campaign by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to embed hundreds of new offices across the U.S., including in California neighborhoods.
What we know:
The “ICE surge” is fueled by an unprecedented $80 billion in funding from President Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which has enabled the agency to more than double its workforce to 22,000 officers.…