ICE is paying 'eye-popping' prices for warehouse detention centers
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Experts in federal property acquisition said DHS may be paying high prices to compel developers to sell their properties despite local opposition.
The rapid effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to convert commercial warehouses into detention centers has hit another controversy: big price tags.
The initiative has involved a parade of warehouse purchases in which the government has repeatedly paid tens of millions above documented appraisal values or recent sale prices. In a competitive real estate market, the Department of Homeland Security says the prices represent "fair market value."
On March 3, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a hearing on Capitol Hill, accusing DHS of supporting an "incredible empire of for-profit companies that are profiting at rates we've never seen."
"You paid $129.3 million for a facility in my state that was assessed at less than half of that, at $62 million," Booker said to Noem, who has since been ousted by President Donald Trump. "To work for a president who says he's a great dealmaker ... I can't believe he thinks that you're a great dealmaker."
Meanwhile, in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, DHS paid $87.4 million for a warehouse that sold in 2024 for $57.5 million, public records show.
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