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DHS Inspector General Audits ICE Program to Convert Vacant Buildings into Detention Facilities
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General announced an audit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's acquisition and conversion of facilities for immigrant detention. The program, which spent $38 billion under former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has already used $1 billion in taxpayer funds to purchase 11 vacant warehouses.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement purchased and converted facilities for detention space that meets its operational need in a cost-effective manner. A federal watchdog is investigating a program that spent $38 billion under ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to convert vacant buildings into immigrant detention facilities, New York Post reported.
The audit of ICE’s acquisition of detention space has spent just $1 billion so far in taxpayer funds to purchase 11 vacant warehouses. The Wall Street Journal first reported those figures. The same audit was championed by Noem’s top adviser Corey Lewandowski.
Kristi Noem served as Homeland Security Secretary, with Corey Lewandowski acting as her top adviser. Markwayne Mullin, the replacement as DHS secretary, paused the spending shortly after assuming the cabinet post in late March.
U.S. Representatives for DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment, New York Post reported. Representatives for the inspector general’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, according to the same outlet.
