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.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement will reopen a federal immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey that has a 1,000-bed capacity — the largest facility of its type on the East Coast. ICE announced Thursday that Delaney Hall will be the agency’s first detention center to open under the Trump administration,

ICE officials said on Thursday that the reopening was “imminent” after “reaching an agreement with the facility’s owner.”

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.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Wednesday it would reopen a 1,000-bed New Jersey detention center after signing a $1 billion contract with a private global lender. ICE will use the Delaney Hall facility in Newark for federal immigration processing.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the imminent reopening of the Delaney Hall after reaching an agreement with the facility’s owner.

The center in Newark, just miles from Manhattan, is close to an international airport and is expected to have space for as many as 1,000 migrants.

The number of immigrants held in detention under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has hit the highest level in more than five years, new data show. Why it matters: The detention surge comes as the Trump administration steps up immigration enforcement and seeks to expand the capacity to detain more immigrants amid a months-long backlog with immigration judges.