Statement by ICE spokesperson Jenny Burke on the Adelanto ICE Processing Facility

WASHINGTON - “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to issue a 120-day task order with the GEO Group, Inc. for the Adelanto ICE Processing facility in Adelanto, California. The new task order will extend beyond the current 60-day task order issued on December 19 — expiring February 19 — and provides additional time for potential relief from ongoing litigation that prevents full use of the facility. The location and availability of detention space directly affects the agency’s ability to remove individuals to their home countries, enforce immigration law in the interior of the country, and detain those who threats to public safety or national security. We appreciate the efforts of the vendor to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the agency continues to modernize the immigration system and realize cost efficiencies across the operational landscape while working with DHS leadership and Congress to secure supplemental funding for detention.”