As the Trump administration continues to ramp up detainment and deportation operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will have 500 more beds for detainees thanks to a new partnership with the Glades County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. 

“The Glades County Jail center will serve as a staging area and allow greater capacity to address our immigration enforcement mission,” acting Miami ICE Field Office Director Juan Agudelo said in a statement. “The central location streamlines logistics and helps facilitate the timely processing of illegal aliens in our custody that are subject to arrest, detention and removal from our country.”

The move is a reinstatement of a previous intergovernmental service agreement with the Glades County Board of County Commissioners, according to ICE. 

“The facility will expand ICE’s detention capacity in Florida, enhancing the agency’s ability to manage the region’s growing enforcement and removal operations,” the statement said. 

ICE is conducting flights to remove illegal immigrants from the U.S. and back to their home countries. (ICE Seattle)

“We must have the strongest law in the nation on immigration enforcement that will guarantee state and local deportation assistance, end catch and release, eliminate magnets such as remittances and adopt supporting policies that will protect Floridians,” DeSantis said upon the announcement. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the Glades County Sheriff’s Office.

Fox News’ Mollie Markowitz contributed to this report.