The Department of Homeland Security purchases two of California’s largest immigrant detention centers from CoreCivic for $1.5B, increasing federal ownership on the West Coast to more than 4,500 beds and citing funding from President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.The deal covers the 2,560‑bed California City Detention Facility for $732.6M and the 1,994‑bed Otay Mesa Detention Center for $739.2M; CoreCivic says it expects about $1.1B in net proceeds and will continue operating both sites under contracts with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Critics including Senator
Alex Padilla say federal ownership complicates California’s oversight after the Ninth Circuit struck down
Assembly Bill 32, and officials note the contracts expire in August 2027 and December 2029 with options for extensions that could allow renegotiation.