Not in MY Backyard seems to be the increasing problem for the new Homeland Security Boss Mullin…
Housing 10,000 or so migrants would strain services in most cases at their locations…….
Water, Sewage, Fire, Medical , Food, Education services would be affected and needed …..
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The notoriety and possible media and protest’s?
We’re talking about Blue AND RED states, cities and towns folks….
Voters in Social Circle, Ga., overwhelmingly backed President Trump in 2024. But when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) purchased a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in the tiny city to convert it into a mega detention center for immigrants, residents and local officials pushed back hard.
In February, the city notified Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that it had shut off water and sewage services to the property until the agency explained how it could operate “without exceeding our limited infrastructure capacity.”
“We’re against it,” Eric Taylor, the Social Circle city manager, told The Hill. “Having something come in like this is just really a different dynamic than what this particular community is about.”
Social Circle, with a population of about 5,500, is by no means an exception; it is one of two communities in Georgia that illustrate a national trend. As the DHS has embarked on a $38.3 billion plan to boost detention capacity by 92,600 beds, communities that back the president’s agenda have said no to housing immigrants in their backyard.
New Jersey, alongside the GOP-leaning township of Roxbury, sued the DHS and ICE in March over a purchased warehouse. Residents of Surprise, Ariz., protested against a 1,500+ bed facility, which the DHS and ICE reduced to 500+ beds last month amid the uproar….
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The department has purchased warehouses in Arizona, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah.
B.R. White, the city manager of Oakwood, Ga., where the DHS purchased a warehouse for a processing center, said the local reaction has been tilted heavily in one direction.
“There’s a large section of the population that’s shown up at several council meetings that are in opposition and then there was a small group of four [that] showed up at one meeting that were in favor of the detention facility,” he told The Hill….
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The DHS appears to be signalling a reset after the new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was sworn in last month to replace former Secretary Kristi Noem, who was fired by Trump.
The agency announced it is pausing new purchases for detention facilities and reviewing contracts signed under Noem….
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