ICE Eyes Massive California Tent Facility Amid Space Constraints
The agency plans to take over the site as the Trump administration runs out of room to put arrested migrants.
This photograph distributed by the US Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs shows the intake area of the soft-sided facility in Otay Mesa, California.
Source: CBP
Federal immigration authorities want to use a massive tent facility in California for deportation efforts as they exhaust detention space across the country, according to two people familiar with the plans.
The tent site, located outside of San Diego, has been operating as a temporary processing center since US Customs and Border Protection opened the 130,786-square-foot location in 2023. With border crossings at the lowest levels in decades, CBP has begun shutting down all but the San Diego-area facility and one other site, the agency said in a statement Thursday.