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DHS Plans to Sell 7 Warehouses Bought for ICE Detention Centers
The shift follows lawsuits, state restrictions and community pushback, as DHS says it is using existing detention space instead of expanding warehouse sites.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security notified Social Circle officials that the agency is no longer pursuing plans to convert an industrial warehouse into a 10,000-bed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.
- Local leaders opposed the project for months, citing infrastructure strain in the town of 4,974 residents and filing a lawsuit against DHS, ICE, and federal officials to halt construction.
- U.S. Representative Mike Collins served as a key liaison for the city, while Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff visited the community and advocated for legislation requiring local approval for future federal facilities.
- Purchased for about $128 million in February, the DHS-owned site will likely be sold via the General Services Administration , a move officials hope will restore the local tax base.
- Nationwide, DHS plans to sell or dispose of most warehouses acquired for detention purposes, consistent with the decision to drop the local project and signaling a reversal of the agency's expansion strategy.
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Federal officials plan to offload some warehouses purchased for immigrant detention
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, jettisoning a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention capacity this year.
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