There could be up to three new immigrant detention centers in Colorado run by federal authorities by the end of the year, tripling the state’s existing detention capacity, according to documents published Friday by The Washington Post.

An internal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement planning document, which was obtained by the Post and last updated July 30, includes proposed detention sites in Walsenburg, Hudson and Ignacio. The three new facilities would expand ICE’s Colorado footprint by a total of 2,560 additional beds.

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Colorado is currently home to one ICE detention facility, an Aurora processing center operated by private prison company The GEO Group. Under ICE’s reported expansion plans, that facility would expand from 1,360 beds to a maximum capacity of 1,530. The Aurora facility has long been the target of criticism from activists over allegations of inhumane conditions and dehumanizing treatment.

ICE is trying to expand its detention and deportation efforts, bolstered by $45 billion in the Republican federal spending and tax cut law approved last month. If the planned expansion detailed by the Washington Post goes through, Colorado would have the sixth most immigration detention beds out of about 107,000 beds nationwide by next year.

The dormant Walsenburg facility, formally the Huerfano County Correctional Center, is owned by CoreCivic. The Hudson Correctional Facility was previously operated by The GEO Group and closed in 2014. The GEO Group is ICE’s largest contractor, followed by CoreCivic.

Both locations were among six potential ICE facility sites revealed earlier this year through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Colorado.

The Southern Ute Indian Adult Detention Center in Ignacio is a tribal facility.

Steve Kotecki, a Denver-based ICE spokesman, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.