Residents Protest Against ICE Detention Facility in Social Circle

Residents protest against ICE detention facility in Social Circle

More than two dozen people turned out in the rain and cold early Wednesday morning for a hastily organized, emergency protest at a Social Circle warehouse where it is believed ICE intends to house thousands of immigrants prior to deportation.

Social Circle locals say ‘no’ to rumored ICE detention center

Elected officials and government staff in Social Circle and Walton County were continuing to work feverishly this week to find anyone in the state or federal government, or anywhere else, with concrete information about a draft proposal from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement identifying Social Circle as a potential location for an immigrant detention facility that could hold as many as 10,000 people.

Protesters gather over possible ICE facility in Social Circle 41NBC News

(CNN)- Residents in Social Circle are raising concerns after what they believe may have been a visit from federal officials to a local warehouse that could potentially be used as an immigration detention facility. Protester Gareth Fenley, who lives about nine miles from the warehouse on Knox Chapel Road, says she and others gathered Wednesday morning after receiving a late-night tip that the Department of Homeland Security was headed to the site…