Once on the brink of closure, Adelanto facility will resume detaining immigrants

The Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California will resume holding immigrants after a federal judge lifted a pandemic-era order that limited its population to just two detainees. This ruling followed long discussions over the facility's potential closure and a consideration of the conditions for detainees and staff. The judge's decision is set to result in the facility, which has a capacity of nearly 2,000, playing a role in immigration enforcement under the current administration, despite its connection to pandemic-related safety concerns rather than a specific immigration strategy.

The legal dispute centered on conditions at the facility for both employees and detainees and was not connected to President Trump's current crackdown on immigration.

U.S. District Judge Terry Hatter Jr. of the Central District of California wrote that 'the ban on new detainee intakes at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center ... is temporarily lifted pending a final fairness hearing.'

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