Central Florida Leaders Condemn Possible New ICE Facility

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Central Florida officials and immigrant advocates on Monday criticized a possible new ICE detention facility here as the region sees a surge in undocumented immigrants arrests.

Posted by Corky at 12:33 PM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink

While there already is an ICE Field Office in Orlando, a new processing facility could further ramp up immigration detention efforts.

The facility may be part of a national plan, first reported last month by The Washington Post, to detain immigrants in warehouses across the country.

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"Let's be clear about what's going on across the nation," Frost said. "They're shopping around warehouses. This is one of many they're looking at opening."

On Friday, Hope CommUnity Center said in a statement it confirmed about 300 people had been booked into the Orange County Jail on immigration holds in the previous 48 hours.

A spokesperson for the jail told the Sentinel that a total of 831 people had been booked on such holds since Jan. 1. County Commissioner Nicole Wilson said that number was a shocking total because about 300 people had been booked in December."

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Wonder if the new facilities come complete with gas chambers, or is that an additional cost?

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-20 12:36 PM