Proposed Marana ICE Detention Center Opposition
Summary
The county passed a formal resolution opposing the conversion of a former Marana prison into an ICE detention facility, citing humanitarian and community impacts.
At a glance
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- Last 30 days
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Impact analysis
Potential impacts on local property values and municipal public health resources.
Marana and Pima County residents opposed to private immigrant detention facilities in their neighborhoods.
Private prison operators and federal agencies contracting for detention capacity.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Marana ICE detention facility to open within 60 days after private prison company inks $355M deal
A private prison company signed a $355 million deal Tuesday to operate an immigration detention facility in Marana, Ariz., and the company plans to open the site before the end of the year.
‘You can’t contract around the law’: States fight to inspect federal immigrant detention facilities
Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at the sites.
ICE wasted millions expanding detention without a plan in Trump push for mass deportation
Government investigators Thursday released a report that found the Department of Homeland Security wasted more than $20 million in federal funding in its rapid expansion of immigration detention.
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