The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its goals, or what the cost will be.

We are living in the worst times in America as it pertains to the protection of those seeking refuge,” said Geralde Gabeau, the director of the Immigrant Family Services Institute in Mattapan, a social services organization which has helped thousands of Haitian migrants settling in the Boston area.

An immigration group sued on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's move to expand fast-track deportations under his pledge to remove millions of people who are in the country illegally. People facing fast-track deportations do not have access to an attorney and are unable to present evidence against their removal from the U.