A private prison company has signed an agreement to reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held families with children for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the business said Wednesday.

The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort.

A controversial immigration detention center in South Texas used by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold families is set to re-open, following a push from President Donald Trump to carry out mass deportation operations in his first weeks in office.

The Trump administration is reopening a sprawling detention center in South Texas for migrant families facing deportation, according to the private prison contractor that runs the facility.

Nashville-based CoreCivic announced the contract with ICE and the city of Dilley regarding the 2,400-bed South Texas Family Residential Center, located about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of ...

A privately-owned immigration detention facility in south Texas, designed to house families for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will reopen.

Shares of Target Hospitality and CoreCivic rose after the two companies signed an agreement to resume operations using CoreCivic existing assets in Texas. Shares of Target Hospitality were 11% higher in premarket trading at $6.16. CoreCivic shares rose by 4.8% to $19.29.

Two controversial immigration detention facilities in South Texas are being reopened for the detention and deportation of migrant women and families, officials tell Border Report.