Social Circle sues ICE, DHS over proposed 10,000-bed immigration detention center in Georgia
The city says the project would require more than 1 million additional gallons of water a day and strain already near-capacity systems.
- On Wednesday, Social Circle officials filed a federal lawsuit against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to block conversion of a commercial warehouse into a 10,000-bed immigration detention facility.
- City leaders allege federal agencies bypassed mandatory environmental reviews when purchasing the East Hightower Trail warehouse on Feb. 3 for approximately $128 million, nearly five times its assessed value.
- Infrastructure concerns dominate the filing, which contends the facility would impose an additional estimated 1.113 million gallons of daily water demand on a system near capacity, risking raw sewage spills.
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin are named defendants, with the city seeking to vacate the warehouse purchase and prevent detention center development within town limits.
- This litigation challenges the $45 billion federal initiative to build eight 'mega centers' nationwide as part of a 'Hub and Spoke Model' where smaller facilities feed into regional detention hubs.
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Social Circle sues ICE, DHS over detention center plans
The city of Social Circle has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE Director Todd Lyons in connection with federal plans to establish an immigration detention center at a warehouse in the city.
Georgia town sues to stop Trump's ICE 'mega center'
A Georgia city has filed a lawsuit over plans to build a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.Lawyers representing Social Circle, a town of about 5,000 people that is 45 miles east of Atlanta, filed suit Wednesday against ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons.The town is calling on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia…
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http://www.wfxg.comGeorgia town sues the Trump administration over massive ICE detention center
An industrial warehouse recently purchased by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for use as a detention center is seen on Feb. 10, 2026 in Social Circle, Georgia. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)A Georgia city has filed a lawsuit over plans to build a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. Lawyers representing Social Circle, a town of about 5,000 people that is 45 miles east of Atlanta, filed suit Wednesday against …
Social Circle files federal lawsuit to stop ICE detention facility
Social Circle has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE from developing a 10,000-person immigration detention center in a warehouse in the city.
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