The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a new grant program this week that will allocate $608 million for states to “increase the detention capacity” to hold illegal immigrants.

FEMA’s latest resource allocation comes as the Trump administration has ramped up efforts over the past month to increase the number of detention facilities to house detainees.

Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Indiana’s Camp Atterbury and New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be used to temporarily house illegal immigrants prior to their deportation.

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