"A New Hampshire town has been reportedly blindsided by the Trump administration's plans for a new immigration processing site, according to a draft plan reported by The Washington Post. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to renovate industrial warehouses across the country to to hold more than 80,000 immigrant detainees, according to a draft solicitation obtained and reviewed by The Washington Post."
"The facility in Merrimack, a town of nearly 27,000 about an hour north of Boston, is the only one planned for New England. Merrimack Town Manager Paul Micali told New Hampshire Public Radio that the town had no prior knowledge of the plan, which came as a "surprise." New Hampshire Rep. Maggie Goodlander, who previously drew the ire of the Trump administration, said she's working "to get to the bottom of this proposal.""
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to renovate industrial warehouses nationwide to hold more than 80,000 immigrant detainees. The plan calls for at least seven large warehouses with between 5,000 and 10,000 beds and 16 smaller processing sites. One processing site, with capacity between 500 and 1,500 beds, is slated for Merrimack, New Hampshire. The renovated facilities would feed detainees from processing sites to larger warehouses to stage and accelerate deportations. Merrimack officials say the town had no prior knowledge and described the proposal as a "surprise." A New Hampshire representative said she is working to investigate the proposal, and the governor reiterated that sanctuary cities are banned in the state.
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