The new ICE detention facility on Fort Bliss started receiving immigrants on Aug. 1, as the Trump administration looks to expand crackdown nationally.

An inspection said Folkston immigration jail is “unsanitary and dilapidated.” Activists have called for it its closure.

Pentagon announces construction of 5,000-bed migrant detention facility at Fort Bliss began in July, with initial 1,000-bed capacity by late August.

Fort Bliss will have an "initial operating capacity" of a thousand detainees within weeks, Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson said.

New US fiscal package tripled detention budget to US$45 billion, aiming for 100,000 beds to meet deportation targets.

Following our focus on courts in June, the 'Irish Examiner' is exploring crime data from garda stations in our Cork Crime series in print and online here on Monday and Tuesday, August 4 and 5.