Pub. L. 108-458, tit. V, subtit. B, sec. 5204 (as amended)
INCREASE IN DETENTION BED SPACE.
SEC. 5204. INCREASE IN DETENTION BED SPACE.
(a) In General.—Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase by not less than 8,000, in each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the number of beds available for immigration detention and removal operations of the Department of Homeland Security above the number for which funds were allotted for the preceding fiscal year.
(b) Priority.—The Secretary shall give priority for the use of these additional beds to the detention of individuals charged with removability under section 237(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)) or inadmissibility under section 212(a)(3) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)).