Federal immigration officials are looking at expanding jail cells in Minnesota and other parts of the country. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has sent a request for information that identifies St. Paul and three other cities — Chicago, Detroit and Salt Lake City — in which the agency is looking to possibly expand detention sites.

ICE is using five county jails across Minnesota to hold people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally — Nobles, Freeborn, Sherburne, Ramsey and Carver.