Local communities shut down Trump admin efforts to expand ICE detention centers

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Rachel Maddow has done several reports on the efforts of local communities to block the opening of ICE/DHS prisons in local communities. I am glad to see other media sources to start reporting on the efforts of ICE/DHS to open numerous new prison/concentration camps.

Local communities shut down Trump admin efforts to expand ICE detention centers

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-01-30T20:00:04Z

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2675062021/

Multiple communities have hit back hard against the Trump administration as it seeks to expand its capacity to detain migrants across the nation, with at least one successful in shutting down an effort to turn a 26-acre warehouse into a migrant processing center, The Washington Post reported Friday.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is working to convert industrial buildings into detention centers across 23 different towns, an effort that would expand its detention capacity by 80,000.

One such effort materialized last month after DHS altered a plan to purchase a 26-acre warehouse and transform it into a migrant processing center. News of the planned purchase spread fast, and sparked outrage among locals, outrage strong enough that the purchase ultimately fell through.

Multiple communities have hit back hard against the Trump administration as it seeks to expand its capacity to detain migrants across the nation, with at least one successful in shutting down an effort to turn a 26-acre warehouse into a migrant processing center, The Washington Post reported Friday.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is working to convert industrial buildings into detention centers across 23 different towns, an effort that would expand its detention capacity by 80,000.

One such effort materialized last month after DHS altered a plan to purchase a 26-acre warehouse and transform it into a migrant processing center. News of the planned purchase spread fast, and sparked outrage among locals, outrage strong enough that the purchase ultimately fell through.

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1. A lot of towns passing laws to not let ICE build detention center in their town, per Rachael Maddow

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2. Stop complaining about the MSM being right wing,

If I see a cat, I call it a cat. If Krasnov says it's a dog, I still call it a cat.

They are not detention centers, they are concentration camps.

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3. Newport, OR was one of the towns covered by Rachel. We thought they were gone. They're back

ICE tried to take over our local Coast Guard station and airport to build an ICE holding facility for deportations. The community turned out in force against, as did all of our elected Representatives and Senators. We thought they had moved on, but just learned that they will begin construction in May.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official wrote in court filings Tuesday that the agency intended to build a temporary holding and processing center in Newport, Oregon, confirming rumors that have swirled through the coastal community for months.

Work to prepare an ICE holding and processing facility was halted on Dec. 4 after the Coast Guard said the airport was no longer available. That’s the same day Lincoln County and the nonprofit Newport Fisherman’s Wives asked for an injunction preventing the Coast Guard from relocating the helicopter.

Later that month, Aiken issued a temporary injunction ordering the Coast Guard to keep the helicopter based in Newport.

“ICE has no plan or intention to begin construction or open an ICE facility in the City of Newport or at Newport Municipal between now and until May 1, 2026,” Ferguson continued in his statement.

Very sneaky statement

https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/28/ice-officials-confirms-newport-detention-center-efforts-in-court-filing/

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4. Kansa City, MO

is another city they. They want to convert an old Amazon warehouse or distribution center into a detention center. The city has put a moratorium on allowing buildings to be converted to be used in this way. They also said they won’t allow any buildings like this to get permits to be converted into detention centers. Interestingly, KC is going to be one of the city’s hosting the World Cup.

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5. DURec

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6. Rachel Maddow has done some great reporting on the efforts of local communities to block ICE prisons

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