DHS Acquires Three Adelanto Immigration Detention Centers for $950 Million
The Department of Homeland Security bought three GEO Group detention facilities in Adelanto, California, for $950 million, bringing federal spending on such purchases to nearly $3.2 billion.
The Department of Homeland Security finalized the purchase of three immigrant detention complexes in Adelanto, north of San Bernardino, from the GEO Group for $950 million. The facilities comprise the 1,280-bed Adelanto West ICE Processing Center, the 660-bed Adelanto East ICE Processing Center, and the 704-bed Desert View Annex. This transaction adds to a prior sale by CoreCivic of two California sites and pushes total federal outlays on detention-center acquisitions to almost $3.2 billion.
Funding for the deals came from a $45 billion immigration-detention infusion authorized last year under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. GEO will retain day-to-day management of the centers for ICE through a contract that runs until Dec. 19 2034, and CEO George C. Zoley said the company remains committed to supporting ICE’s enforcement priorities. GEO anticipates net proceeds of $705 million after taxes and fees, which will be used to lower debt and repurchase company stock, while it continues to explore selling additional facilities.
Why it matters
The purchase expands federal control over immigration detention, reducing reliance on private-prison operators and affecting budget allocations.
How this story developed
- Aug 13 San Antonio immigrants live in constant fear as ICE arrests surge
- Sep 16 JD Vance said the administration is tightening H-1B rules so the visas reward truly exceptional talent rather than replace American employees with lower-paid foreigners.
- Sep 17 ICE agent Christian Castro turned himself in to Minnesota authorities on a warrant for assault after shooting a Venezuelan man, and faces both state and federal charges.
- Sep 18 Castro entered a not‑guilty plea to the federal false‑statement charges.
- Sep 20 A man was wounded after being shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in North Austin, Texas, and taken to a local hospital.
- Sep 27 A federal judge scheduled a personal appearance for the man on September 30 and issued a temporary order halting his deportation.
- Sep 29 The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Justice Department’s emergency request, letting the Trump administration continue deporting migrants to third countries while the policy’s legality is examined.
- Sep 30 Supreme Court issued an emergency order allowing third‑country deportations to continue.
- Sep 30 An immigration judge ruled that Salah Sarsour, head of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, can be deported on national-security grounds despite his claim that the case targets his Palestinian-rights advocacy.
- Sep 30 The Justice Department lodged complaints with the 8th Circuit alleging that Minnesota federal judges made partisan statements about a Trump-era deportation surge.
- Oct 1 A federal indictment charging Garces Perez with assault was filed.
- Oct 3 The filing requests that the judges be barred from hearing Department of Homeland Security cases.
- Oct 3 President Trump issued a proclamation extending the $100,000 H‑1B visa fee to September 2027.
- Oct 3 A Chicago immigration judge allowed a possible deportation of Salah Sarsour.
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