ention ▁cent ers ▁ ▁I CE ▁oper ates ▁det ention ▁cent ers ▁throughout ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁that ▁det ain ▁illegal ▁imm igr ants ▁who ▁are ▁app reh ended ▁and ▁placed ▁into ▁removal ▁proceed ings . ▁About ▁ 3 4 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁are ▁held ▁in ▁imm igration ▁det ention ▁on ▁any ▁given ▁day , ▁in ▁over ▁ 5 0 0 ▁det ention ▁cent ers , ▁j ails , ▁and ▁pr isons ▁nation wide . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁det ention ▁bed ▁qu ota , ▁mand ated ▁by ▁con gress , ▁that ▁number ▁will ▁increase ▁rather ▁than ▁decrease . ▁ ▁The ▁qu ota ▁mand ates ▁at ▁least ▁ 3 4 , 0 0 0 ▁b eds ▁available ▁for ▁imm igr ants ▁on ▁any ▁given ▁day . ▁Under ▁the ▁Trump ▁administration , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁being ▁det ained ▁on ▁any ▁given ▁day ▁has ▁increased ▁to ▁ 5 2 , 5 0 0 . ▁ ▁Corpor ate ▁contract s ▁ ▁Engineering ▁and ▁construction ▁firm ▁Kel log g , ▁Brown ▁and ▁Root ▁( K BR ) ▁released ▁a ▁press ▁statement ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁that ▁the ▁company ▁had ▁been ▁awarded ▁a ▁no - bid ▁cont ing ency ▁contract ▁from ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Hom eland ▁Security ▁to ▁support ▁its ▁I CE ▁facilities ▁in ▁the ▁event ▁of ▁an ▁emer gency . ▁The ▁maximum ▁total ▁value ▁of ▁the ▁contract ▁is ▁$ 3 8 5 ▁million ▁and ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁one - year ▁base ▁period ▁with ▁four ▁one -