After lawsuit, ICE pauses construction of Bay Area detention facility
14 July 2026 at 19:55
The voluntary pause extends until Sept. 9.
The voluntary pause extends until Sept. 9.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston as he drove his construction crew to a job.
A settlement announced this week now affirms that private immigrant detention facilities are subject to California's workplace safety and health requirements.

Β© Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
The purchase comes as the Department of Homeland Security has moved to scale up its capacity to detain immigrants without relying as heavily on private prison corporations.
Recent Supreme Court decisions raise significant consequences for immigrants who have made their lives in the U.S.

Β© Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times