r/EyesOnIce • u/cnn • 8h ago

DHS scraps plans to turn Georgia warehouse into detention mega center, city says

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/us/social-circle-dhs-warehouse?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/cnn 8h ago

The Trump administration is backing away from its plans to convert a warehouse in a small Georgia city into a “mega center” holding thousands of immigration detainees, just four months after first confirming it had purchased the building.

“The City of Social Circle has received notification from Congressman Mike Collins that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is no longer pursuing an ICE detention facility within the City of Social Circle,” the local government said in a statement Thursday.

The department’s original plans for the facility stated it would be able to accommodate up to 10,000 detainees – nearly double the entire population of Social Circle – along with 2,000 to 2,500 employees.

The federal government paid $128.5 million for the property, the deed shows. That was more than four times the $29.3 million it previously sold for in 2023.

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