year ▁options . ▁K BR ▁held ▁the ▁previous ▁I CE ▁contract ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁through ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁The ▁contract ▁provides ▁for ▁establish ing ▁temporary ▁det ention ▁and ▁processing ▁capabilities ▁to ▁expand ▁existing ▁I CE ▁Det ention ▁and ▁Rem oval ▁Oper ations ▁Program ▁facilities ▁in ▁the ▁event ▁of ▁an ▁emer gency ▁infl ux ▁of ▁imm igr ants ▁into ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁or ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁rapid ▁development ▁of ▁new ▁programs . ▁The ▁contract ▁may ▁also ▁provide ▁migr ant ▁det ention ▁support ▁to ▁other ▁government ▁organizations ▁in ▁the ▁event ▁of ▁an ▁imm igration ▁emer gency , ▁the ▁company ▁said . ▁ ▁Crit ic isms ▁ ▁Pro tests ▁ ▁N umer ous ▁protest s ▁have ▁emer ged ▁across ▁the ▁nation ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁Trump ▁administration ' s ▁I CE ▁policies . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁protest ers ▁are ▁occup ying ▁areas ▁around ▁I CE ▁facilities ▁in ▁hopes ▁of ▁dis rupt ing ▁operations . ▁The ▁Occ up y ▁I CE ▁movement ▁began ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁outside ▁Port land , ▁Oregon . ▁It ▁initially ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁vig il ▁for ▁the ▁people ▁suffering ▁from ▁I CE ▁policies ▁but ▁sp ont ane ously ▁grew ▁into ▁a ▁larger ▁movement ▁as ▁more ▁people ▁showed ▁up . ▁The ▁movement ▁ultimately ▁spread ▁into ▁other ▁major ▁cities ▁like ▁Philadelphia , ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁San ▁Diego , ▁and ▁New ▁York . ▁As ▁the ▁movement ▁grew , ▁they ▁faced ▁counter ▁protest ers ▁and ▁arr ests , ▁but ▁protest ers