The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is scrapping plans to create a number of deportation mega-facilities, despite a $38 billion plan for expanding detention capacity.
One of the facilities is in Social Circle, Georgia.
“The City of Social Circle has received notification from Congressman Mike Collins that the Department of Homeland Security… is no longer pursuing an ICE detention facility within the City of Social Circle,” the local government said in a statement Thursday.
Originally, the facilities was planned to house up to 10,000 detainees—more than twice the population of the city—in addition to over 2,000 employees.
The facility cost the federal government $128.5 million, more than four times the price paid for it in 2023.
According to The New York Times, a total of seven facilities, from New Jersey to Utah, will be scrapped.
DHS began to rethink the plans to extend detention facilities after Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem was replaced by Markwayne Mullin.
It’s unclear what DHS will do with the facilities, many of which have been subject to legal challenges to prevent them from being repurposed for detention.
“From day one, DHS has remained singularly focused on removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from the United States and is always evaluating the best methods to do so,” a spokesperson said in a statement to CNN on Friday.
“These heinous criminals, once arrested, should be removed at lightning speed, not housed on American soil at the taxpayer’s expense. DHS is moving swiftly to utilize EXISTING detention space with our state and county partners.”
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“We’re going to win so much that you’re going to be sick and tired. You’re going to say, ‘Please, please, Mr. President, we’re sick and tired of winning. Please let us have at least one loss. It’s no longer exciting to win.’ And I’m going to say, ‘No way, we’re going to keep winning, and I don’t care if you like it or not.’”
-Donald Trump
Nobody can waste your money faster or better than the Federal Government. The illegals they apprehend who can be deported “at lightning speed” have been. It’s the “worst of the worst” sales pitch that they can’t quite reconcile with the real data of the vast majority of people they are detaining, especially those who are being detained at immigration offices while they are checking in as required by law, just so they can bolster their detainee numbers. The true “worst of the worst”: human traffickers, cartel drug rings and money launderers are actually in business with the corrupt officials within your government, and are masters of the pay to play systems the government has adopted. So you rarely, if ever, see them in a detention center. Ever wonder why Trump has such a hard-on for Cuba? They refuse to take a single one of their citizens back because once their minds’ have been “infected” by freedom, they become a legitimate threat to the Communists. Just some first-hand observations I made at the Alcatraz.
Another win here every day it’s a win win win even on the weekend they manage it
This is of course another huge betrayal by Trump. He is on a roll.
Noem did her job. The tough talking Mullin is weak. He let protesters inspect ICE vehicles!!!
I agree! No more ICE jails!
Instead, have rapid response flights and GET THEM OUT IMMEDIATELY! Make English the official language again!
I agree, but maybe helicopter rides over the Atlantic Ocean or just get 300 feet off the ground and no parachutes, that jet fuel cost $$$$$ , where is the ,22 caliber mfrs????
OMG, social circle georgia????! lol, that place is hell, you dont need to spend billions of ussa tax payers money.
OMG, I got some cousins over there. They dont want anyone over there. Social Circle is for like old Georgian Folk, leave all the bothering to them, they dont come out and bother you, leave em be, Trust Me, Ive been there and Im from city GD
Its Invite only over there, The only time I went was my cousins kid graduated from high school and was haveing a party , it took me almost 2 hours to get there from downtown, they liked me though, Im the $$$$ Dude, and congratulations going around yeah, I hung out for a bit, socialized in social circle, lol, OMG, that place is and built for mlike old Grandmas living in the 1950’s, Im not mad at them by no means. Bottom line is, they dont need/want a prison for illegal mexies