Georgia warehouses once planned for ICE detention centers now listed for sale after local opposition

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Plans to transform warehouses in Georgia into immigration detention centres have been officially scrapped following strong backlash from local residents. Concerns raised about…

Federal officials have officially cancelled plans to turn two large warehouses in Georgia into immigration detention centres. Both properties have now been listed for sale following strong public and political opposition. The decision is a major win for local communities in Douglas and Jackson counties, which strongly opposed the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) proposal. The cancelled plan included turning a huge warehouse in Lithia Springs into a detention centre that could hold up to 10,000 people. Critics described it as a "mass incarceration" facility that would change the character of the community. The U.S.

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