An aerial view of the Krome Detention Center outside of Miami
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Trump Mass-Deportation Push Overcrowds Miami Krome ICE Center
Two detainees who were held at the detention facility have died this year, and many more have endured long waits for basic necessities
The Trump administration’s fast-paced mass deportation campaign has created extreme overcrowding at a detention center in Miami, where throngs of people have been forced to sleep on floors and kept for days in short-term holding areas.
The Krome North Service Processing Center is one of more than 140 facilities around the US where immigrants are being detained — and it is being stretched far beyond its capacity, interviews with people who were held at the facility and analysis of publicly available data suggests.