ICE is on a multi-billion-dollar quest for new immigration detention facilities, but they’re increasingly facing pushback from an unlikely foe: Republicans.

While Republicans may back the president’s immigration blitz on a national level, they’ve been leading voices of local pushback against ICE’s warehouse expansion while hinting at an old refrain: not-in-my-backyard.

Republican elected officials in Mississippi, New Hampshire, Tennessee and beyond have fought proposed facilities in their states.

  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    In the end, these facilities are not for immigrants, any more than Cop City is about training regular cops for public service.