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ICE to Sell $700 M Empty Warehouses After Probe

6/19/2026

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Story summary

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will dispose of seven empty warehouses in Michigan and New Jersey that it bought for $700 million.
The purchases were funded by a large injection of taxpayer money through President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act.
Local communities protested the warehouses, prompting an inspector general investigation into the acquisitions.
A senior ICE official called the original plan questionable because of costly delays and pending litigation.

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Story summary

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will dispose of seven empty warehouses in Michigan and New Jersey that it bought for $700 million.
The purchases were funded by a large injection of taxpayer money through President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act.
Local communities protested the warehouses, prompting an inspector general investigation into the acquisitions.
A senior ICE official called the original plan questionable because of costly delays and pending litigation.