The ACLU is opposing ICE's plans to expand migrant detention facilities.

According to a report, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to increase its migrant detention facilities with the impending start of the new Trump administration.

The ACLU has raised concerns over the safety of migrants held in some ICE detention facilities, which are part of Trump's plan to carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.

According to an ACLU Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, ICE detains approximately 37,000 people each day through a network of more than 120 immigration detention facilities nationwide. The Trump administration plans to increase these numbers to 100,000 per day.

ICE owns five detention facilities but mostly relies on non-profits and private prison companies for holding people in custody, according to the ACLU.

ICE is being sued by the ACLU for information regarding a potential expansion of migrant detention centers across the nation in a FOIA lawsuit filed in September.

Six facilities across the country responded to ICE's request, including those in Harlingen and El Paso, Texas, as well as those in San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah, according to Border Report, citing documents obtained by the ACLU.

The GEO Group manages the Willacy County Jail in Raymondville, which is among the facilities being considered in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. Additionally, the Brooks County Detention Facility in Falfurrias, the Coastal Bend Detention Center in Robstown, and the East Hidalgo Detention Center in La Villa are also being considered.

Eunice Cho, a senior attorney at the ACLU, emphasized the importance of the American public being aware of ICE's plans regarding enforcement and detention of individuals from immigrant communities.

The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, which was shut down last year, could potentially be reopened by CoreCivic, a move that has caused concern among migrant advocates who have accused the facility of mistreating immigrants.

"Expanding immigration detention in South Texas raises serious concerns, as many of these facilities have a history of abusive conditions, violations, and poor treatment," Cho stated to Border Report.

She states that the ACLU is seeking further details regarding ICE's intended actions.

Of course, we are concerned about the potential growth of the immigration detention system, said Cho.

Planet Chronicle Digital has reached out to ICE and the ACLU for comment.

President-elect Trump's deportation plan is not fully clear, but both he and incoming "Border Czar" Tom Homan have stated that criminal migrants will be the initial target. Trump has also appointed hardliner South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Homan stated that family detention centers for migrants are also being considered.

The closure of three ICE facilities with approximately 3,000 beds ended family detention in 2021, shortly after President Biden assumed office, as reported by Fox 5 DC.