US EditionMaryland sues Trump administration to halt construction of ICE facility
Maryland alleges DHS bypassed environmental and public review laws in purchasing a $102.4 million warehouse to build an immigration detention center for 1,500 people.
- On Monday, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown filed a lawsuit to stop construction of a federal immigration detention center in Washington County, Maryland, with a capacity of 1,500 people, citing lack of environmental review.
- According to the complaint, DHS's acquisition, the suit alleges, is part of a broader "mass immigration detention scheme" to convert warehouses nationwide, including one outside Williamsport for $102.4 million on Jan. 16.
- The expansion would raise ICE's bed capacity to 92,600 amid more than 200 federal immigration detention centers, with the 2026 DHS detention spending plan exceeding $38 billion.
- Washington County said last month the federal government did not need local zoning approval and four Democratic members of Congress announced a bill to require DHS approval, while Maryland Governor Wes Moore urged that `Our people must be heard`.
- The complaint alleges violations of NEPA and the APA, stating DHS purchased the facility without environmental reviews, while Brown said, `The Trump Administration will stop at nothing to pursue its extreme immigration agenda-- including breaking the law,' and DHS did not respond.
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Maryland Sues to Stop DHS From Converting Empty Warehouse Into ICE Facility
Maryland sued the Trump administration Monday to prevent an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility from being built in the state. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General Anthony Brown, claims the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE’s January purchase of a warehouse to convert to an illegal immigrant holding center was done without required public comment, state consultation, or an environmental review. “DHS purchas…
Maryland sues to block planned ICE detention center
The state of Maryland sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop plans to convert a warehouse into an immigration detention facility in Washington County, according to the Maryland attorney general’s office. The Department of Homeland Security bought a warehouse, in January for $102 million, in the Williamsport area — about an hour and a half from the District near the border with West Virginia and home to about 2,000 people. In the law…
Maryland Sues Federal Government To Block Massive "Amazon Prime" Style Detention Center - Tampa Free Press
The State of Maryland filed a high-stakes federal lawsuit on Monday, attempting to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from converting a massive vacant warehouse into a 1,500-bed immigration detention facility. The legal challenge, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, claims the federal government is “running roughshod” over environmental […] Maryland Sues Federal Government To Block Massive “Amazon Prime” St…
The state of Maryland filed a lawsuit this Monday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) and National Security Secretary Kristi Noem for plans to turn a large warehouse into a immigration detention center. In a video, the state attorney general, Anthony G. Brown, stated that President Donald Trump's administration acquired a 825,000-square-foot facility in Washington County, near Will…
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