Federal Prisons Being Used In Immigration Crackdown

February 8, 2025 3:56 am

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown. The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the move Friday in a statement to The Associated Press. It’s a return to a detention strategy that drew allegations of mistreatment during Trump’s first term. In a statement to AP, the prison agency said it is assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “by housing detainees and will continue to support our law enforcement partners to fulfill the administration’s policy objectives.” The Bureau of Prisons has declined to say how many immigration detainees it is accepting, or which prison facilities are being used.