ICE's detention plan is wasting millions of dollars

ICE's aim to quickly build its detention capacity has wasted millions of dollars as the Trump administration took a spend-first, ask-questions-later approach, the government's top watchdog said in a withering new audit Thursday.

ICE's detention plan is wasting millions of dollars

TL;DR

  • ICE's goal to quickly increase detention capacity has led to millions of dollars being wasted.
  • The Trump administration adopted a 'spend-first, ask-questions-later' approach.
  • A recent audit by the government's top watchdog has criticized this strategy.