Trump’s Secret $1.2 Million a Day Empty ICE Jail Splurge Revealed

Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty Images ICE is spending upwards of $1.2 million a day on empty jail beds, according to a new PunchUp analysis of the agency’s own detention data. The figures, released on July 20 after three months of non-publication, list each jail’s “guaranteed minimum”—beds funded nightly whether filled or not—and show around 8,200 of them idle across seven facilities, the analysis found. The biggest culprit, reports the Daily Beast’s new sister…