The detention center, only minutes up the road from where the protest was taking place, serves as the main destination for undocumented immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York. “Our goal today is just waking up the community because this news really just hit that they’re going to expand the detention center. The Batavia facility has been criticized by immigrant advocates for alleged overcrowding, excessive use of solitary confinement and lack of medical care for detainees. Similar efforts are underway in Rochester, where Customs and Border Protection plans to construct a detention center inside the Keating Federal Building in downtown Rochester. “We may hold protests—the detention center is right down the road.