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Given all that has happened with the warehouse initiative this spring, it's fascinating to revisit this ICE statement from early March, where they admitted the purpose of these facilities and alluded to rigorous due diligence. We also stopped seeing these economic impact figures soon after, too.

Project Salt Box
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Contrast that March message with this email yesterday. It's not the most scandalous or damning communication, but it does demonstrate that multiple steps were missed from the outset — and indicative of the sort of bureaucratic battles that are winning the warehouse fights across the country.

projectsaltbox.comICE Acknowledges Deeper Review Required for Stalled Maryland Detention Facility as Contractor, Tribal Consultation Issues Remain UnresolvedWith design plans undelivered, tribal consultation stalled, and a federal injunction in place, the proposed facility faces a potentially years-long regulatory process.

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Project Salt Box
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But as ICE begins to make headway in buying existing private detention facilities — ostensibly to circumvent state laws passed in the wake of ICE's disastrous Minneapolis deployment — those fights will get much harder on the ground and in the court room.

projectsaltbox.comAs Trump Officials Vow Deportation Surge, ICE Searches for Detention SpaceThe administration is looking at warehouse conversions, purchases of private detention facilities and expanded local jail partnerships as it promises a surge in immigration arrests.