The Washington Post writes about this, citing sources.

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has developed plans to release thousands of immigrants and reduce its capacity to hold detainees,” the publication said.

As follows from the publication, the failure of the agreement on the bill led to the fact that ICE officials began to circulate a proposal to reduce the number of prison beds from 38 thousand beds to 22 thousand beds to save money.

Earlier, US senators voted for a bill to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said that congressmen will not consider a bill to help Ukraine and Israel that does not contain provisions to tighten security at the border with Mexico.