Ice Seeks ‘coworking Space’ In Offices Across Nearly 100 U.s. Cities

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is putting retired feelers astir renting “coworking space” successful 42 states and Puerto Rico, pinch ICE labor mounting up shop successful each for a year, according to national procurement documents reviewed by The Independent.

A request for accusation issued March 20 by nan Department of Homeland Security – ICE’s genitor entity – seeks specifications connected obtaining “flexible workspace (private offices and/or workstations) for assigned ICE unit astatine approved coworking locations.”

There are astir 100 cities connected nan list, from New York City to Seattle to Casper, Wyoming to Hot Springs, South Dakota.

The “coworking sites and first workspace allocations” will request to accommodate much than 300 ICE labor successful 99 abstracted locales, according to nan RFI. It says nan spaces must supply Wi-Fi entree and “printing privileges,” and that nan leases will tally 12 months, to statesman erstwhile a statement is awarded by ICE’s Washington Office of Mission Support.

It is unclear why ICE specified it wants “coworking” space, and if nan agency would beryllium consenting to stock abstraction successful a accepted coworking setup. An October 2025 tender issued by ICE sought “as-is, fully-finished and furnished agency space,” and said it would not “consider collocation pinch agencies aliases tenants whose superior clientele aliases operations could coming security, operational, aliases reputational conflicts pinch rule enforcement functions.”

ICE did not respond connected Monday to a petition for comment.

As ICE’s beingness footprint has ballooned nether President Donald Trump, locals person overwhelmingly declared nan deep-pocketed deportation agency unwelcome successful their communities.

In galore instances, nan accommodation are located adjacent simple schools, doctors’ offices, houses of worship, and “other delicate locations,” according to a Wired investigation published past month. The outlet described a “secret campaign” being carried retired by ICE and DHS to spot street-level agents and ICE attorneys successful agency spaces crossed nan U.S., often without beforehand warning.

Last month, in-person classes astatine a assemblage successful suburban Chicago were halted and moved online aft schoolhouse administrators became alert of an “ICE presence” successful nan aforesaid building wherever it offers business and nursing instruction, ABC7 reported. Lewis University Provost Christopher Sindt told nan outlet he first learned ICE had moved successful acknowledgment to societal media.

“Most notably, this weekend, location were galore SUV vehicles parked connected nan field aliases successful nan parking building for nan campus,” Sindt said. “... We felt for illustration it was a really volatile, perchance volatile situation this week for our students to be class.”

Also past month, aft ICE was discovered to person rented space successful a Berwyn, Pennsylvania, agency parkland astir a mile distant from an simple school, authorities Rep. Melissa Shusterman issued a connection lamenting nan truth that she had “limited legislative options to bring ICE nether control.”

“But, I americium besides a national who will not guidelines for my communities and neighbors being put successful danger,” Shusterman said. “We will not guidelines by idly arsenic families are traumatized. We will not beryllium silent. We will insist connected rule and bid and guidelines pinch our section and authorities constabulary who unrecorded successful nan communities they serve.”

Similarly, section officials successful New Windsor, New York said they had nary thought that ICE had been operating “for months” retired of a leased agency abstraction successful their town, according to nan Middletown Times Herald-Record. The building houses a branch of nan New York State Office of Children and Family Services, nationalist records show.

Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY), a combat seasoned who graduated from West Point, pushed backmost firmly against ICE posting up successful New Windsor, gathering 20,000 signatures successful opposition.

“The Administration continues to escalate straight against nan will of nan group of nan Hudson Valley, who powerfully cull ICE’s dangerous, unconstitutional, un-American attempts to move into our community, terrorize our neighbors, and make america each little safe,” Ryan said successful a statement released February 11. “Especially aft what we’ve seen successful Minnesota – nan surge of agents sidesplitting civilians, detaining children, and breaking into people’s homes, we should each beryllium concerned astir their repeated attempts to move into our community… The powerfulness to support ICE retired is successful our hands – and I won’t springiness up this fight.”

According to nan latest ICE procurement data, responses from willing vendors to connection ICE coworking spaces are owed March 31.

If and erstwhile nan statement is finalized, nan ICE coworking spaces are expected to beryllium located in: Alabama (Huntsville, Montgomery); Arizona (Concho, Pima, Casa Grande, Chandler, Eloy, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista, Tucson); California (San Diego, Long Beach, Morgan Hill, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Ana, Rocklin); Colorado (Colorado Springs); Connecticut (Hartford); Delaware (Wilmington); Florida (Bradenton, Ft. Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Niceville, Miami, Naples, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa, West Palm Beach); Georgia (Atlanta, East Point, Leesburg); Hawaii (Honolulu); Illinois (Chicago, Rock Island); Indiana (Indianapolis); Kansas (Manhattan, Kansas City); Kentucky (Louisville); Louisiana (Baton Rouge); Massachusetts (Boston, Burlington); Maryland (Baltimore, Frederick); Maine (Portland, Scarborough, Caribou); Michigan (Grand Rapids); Minnesota (Fort Snelling); Missouri (Kansas City, St Louis); Mississippi (Hattiesburg, Vicksburg, Gulfport); Montana (Savage); North Carolina (Cary, Greensboro, Charlotte, Raleigh); New Hampshire (Manchester); Nebraska (Omaha); New Jersey (Mt. Laurel); New York (New York City); Ohio (Brooklyn Heights, Westerville); Oregon (Portland, Roseburg); Pennsylvania (Allentown, Altoona); Puerto Rico (San Juan); Rhode Island (Crawford); South Carolina (Summerville, Columbia); South Dakota (Hot Springs, Mitchell); Tennessee (Knoxville, Nashville); Texas (Austin, Bryan, El Paso, Houston, San Antonio, Cibolo); Utah (West Valley City); Virginia (Norfolk, North Chesterfield); Vermont (Derby, Williston); Washington (Seattle); Wisconsin (Maynes); West Virginia (Martinsburg, Milton); Wyoming (Casper).