Federal officials plan to offload some warehouses purchased for immigrant detention
Summary
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is abandoning plans to use large warehouses to detain up to 10,000 immigrants at once. The government will sell a warehouse in Romulus, Michigan, after lawsuits and local opposition, and similar warehouse detention plans are being canceled in Georgia and Texas.Key Facts
- ICE planned to expand detention by using large warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people at one site.
- This plan was part of a $38 billion effort led by former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Michigan and a Detroit suburb sued the federal government over warehouse detention plans.
- The government told a judge it will sell a warehouse in Romulus, Michigan.
- Local officials in Social Circle, Georgia, and Socorro, Texas, reported that detention plans there are also being canceled.
- The decision marks a retreat from a rapid expansion of immigrant detention facilities using warehouses.
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