Hundreds rally with Sen. Van Hollen in Hagerstown amid reports of new ICE facility

The Needle: Residents, Politicians Protest Plans for ICE Detention Center in Hagerstown and a Member of the D.C. National Guard Says His Deployment Here Is “Objectively Unnecessary and Almost Wicked”

Freeze out: Residents and city and state leaders in Hagerstown gathered Tuesday to object to a planned ICE detention center in a warehouse there. It’s one of several locations where the Department of Homeland Security is looking to expand its detention space as part of a plan to detain as many as 80,000 people before they’re deported. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who was among the group of protesters, said he has few details about the potential Maryla…

Hundreds rally with Sen. Van Hollen in Hagerstown amid reports of new ICE facility

In a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, all of Maryland’s representatives except for Republican Andy Harris “demand more details” about reported plans to convert a warehouse into detention space in Hagerstown.