ICE Facility Opens in Appleton, Minnesota to Carry Out 'Mandate for Mass Deportations’

ICE facility opens in western Minnesota to carry out "mandate for mass deportations," DHS says

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday confirmed that a once-empty prison in Appleton, Minnesota, is now open for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.

Appleton Detention Facility now open and operational for use by ICE

A former private prison in Minnesota, which has sat idle since 2010, is now operational for use by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ICE facility opens in Appleton, Minnesota to carry out 'mandate for mass deportations’

Saying it hopes to "carry out the American people’s mandate for mass deportations," the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed it has begun operating at the site of a former private prison in Appleton, Minnesota.

Western Minnesota prison begins taking ICE detainees

The long-empty prison in the western Minnesota town of Appleton began accepting detainees this week after the federal government purchased the prison in August to hold immigrants facing deportation. “DHS opened the Appleton Detention Facility on Nov. 9 to strengthen…

Controversial Appleton prison opens

The prison was sold to the Department of Homeland Security for nearly half a billion dollars.

DHS pays $495M for $75M prison facility owned by CoreCivic, which contributed $500,000 to Trump

Much of the national media has their drawers in a wad over the revelation that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shelled out $495.6 million for a vacant private prison in Appleton, Minnesota, that had been offered to—and rejected by—the state for $75 million. A Minnesota prison was for sale at $75M. ICE paid nearly […]