Appendix G - ICE Facility Design Guide.pdf

This is the ICE Facility Design Guide (FDG), revised 2025, which serves as a comprehensive reference document for planning and developing Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities across the country. The guide provides design standards, security requirements, space planning criteria, and architectural specifications for ICE facility projects, addressing components including Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Management & Administration (M&A), Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), and Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR). The FDG includes facility diagrams showing site layouts and adjacencies for each directorate, updated project and architectural requirements, minimum and maximum square footages for spaces, DHS Space Utilization Requirements for workspace areas, and a waiver process for exceptions to standards. The document establishes higher-level directives referencing applicable instructions, statutes, regulations, executive orders, DHS policy directives, ICE guidelines, and industry codes and standards that must be followed during facility design and construction.

The FDG encompasses planning principles for site selection and building layout specific to each ICE component, including considerations for adjacent uses, building class requirements, co-location policies, parking provisions, sallyport specifications, and security fencing. Section 6 addresses project facility requirements covering general guidelines, industry codes and standards, design and construction guidance, security requirements (including Enterprise Physical Access Control Systems, Intrusion Detection Systems, and Video Surveillance Systems), site requirements (parking, sallyports, gates, guard houses, and vehicle barriers), landscaping, telecommunications infrastructure compliant with OCIO standards, and electrical systems including emergency and standby power. The document provides detailed space and room design criteria including office spaces, conference and training rooms, communications facilities, fitness areas, laboratories, secured areas, detention areas, and support spaces, with prototypical floor plans and design specifications. Additional appendices include example signage packages, detention area details, and Faraday room specifications for Homeland Security Investigations facilities. The FDG is designated as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and is intended for use by design teams, architects, project managers, and ICE facility personnel in developing projects that align with ICE's mission while reducing overall square footage footprint and improving design efficiency.