CoreCivic has applied for a permit to house detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at its facility in Leavenworth.

Shares of CoreCivic surged in value Thursday after the company announced it has begun contract modifications to add capacity at three facilities to house detainees from U.S. Immig

Tennessee-based CoreCivic announced Thursday that it has entered contract modifications for the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, which has held U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees for years.

CoreCivic, the company that owns the former Leavenworth detention center, applied for a permit to use the facility as a site for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Leavenworth city manager told KMBC.

The expansion would add capacity for up to a total of 784 ICE detainees in Ohio, Nevada, and Oklahoma. CoreCivic currently has 650 inmates through the U.S. Marshals Service. Plus, there are 925 inmates under a contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction here in Youngstown.

CoreCivic says it’s modifying contracts at some of its correctional facilities to add capacity for ICE detainees. This includes its Correctional Center in Youngstown. The expansion would add capacity for up to a total of 784 ICE detainees in Ohio,

Federal immigration officials plan to open the first new immigrant detention center of President Donald Trump’s second term in Newark, New Jersey, officials said.

Funding for increased detention is not included in the Laken Riley Act. The Department of Homeland Security estimated that to enforce the law, ICE would need an additional 110,000 detention beds, 10,000 more enforcement and removal operations personnel, and 7,000 new government attorneys to handle immigration proceedings.

The Trump administration is expanding its immigration detention capacity, reopening a 1,000-bed detention center in New Jersey and adding beds at other privately owned facilities around the country.

A contract to reopen a privately-owned Newark detention center may be the first in a wave of reopenings of shuttered facilities once accused of poor care.

Cordero-Stutz said her office will uphold the law but is still awaiting details on how the federal government expects local deputies to participate in immigration enforcement.