Labor unions strongly oppose President Joe Biden‘s possible closure of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement intake facility in California, foreshadowing a looming problem for the president heading toward the 2024 election.

The Adelanto ICE Processing Center, which is operated by the private GEO Group under a Department of Homeland Security contract that expires in February, can house nearly 2,000 immigrants but has remained virtually empty following a coronavirus outbreak in 2020. As of late 2023, the facility housed just six immigrants, and a September 2020 Department of Justice COVID-19 order continues to prevent the facility from admitting any new immigrants despite Biden’s ending of the COVID-19 emergency declaration in May 2023.

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