States can apply for federal funds to make their own replicas of the controversial Alligator Alcatraz facility amid Trump's ...

Administration has leaned on local partners in GOP-led states to rapidly scale up immigration detention system ...

A new $608 million grant program from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will give states money to build detention centers for people suspected of being in the United States unlawfully.

Over the past month, as the Trump administration has intensified its immigration crackdown, it has called on states to take a ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said on Friday morning the state would apply for FEMA reimbursement to pay for ...

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

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wants to use a FEMA program to reimburse Florida for building the so-called Alligator ...

The Trump administration will require U.S. states to spend part of their federal terrorism prevention funds on helping the ...

The funding is part of FEMA’s Shelter and Services Program and is open for applications through Aug. 8, per FEMA’s announcement. Trump Says Only Way Out Of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Is Deportation ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is planning to give out more than $608 million in grants to states and local jurisdictions to build more immigration detention facilities, as the Trump ...

FEMA is starting a “detention support grant program” to cover the cost of states building temporary facilities, according to an agency announcement. States have until August 8 to apply for the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump administration's push to ...