US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to open a national call centre to help local and state law enforcement agencies find unaccompanied migrant children who entered the country illegally, according to a federal contracting document released this week. ICE said it has an “immediate need” to establish an around-the-clock call centre in Nashville, Tennessee, capable of handling 6,000 to 7,000 daily calls to help law enforcement with “locating unaccompanied alien children.”ICE seeks to open the call centre by the end of March and be fully operational by June. ICE also issued another notice seeking information on vendors able to transport thousands of detainees daily from across Texas, where a new state law taking effect next year mandates all counties with a jail enter into ICE partnerships.
