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Federal Judge Limits Movement on ICE Detention Center in Maryland
The ruling lets only limited interior work continue while Maryland’s lawsuit challenges the project’s environmental review and public-comment process.
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson granted a preliminary injunction blocking major construction on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Williamsport, Maryland, pending litigation.
- Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sued the federal government in February, alleging the Department of Homeland Security purchased the 54-acre facility for $102.4 million without conducting required environmental reviews.
- During Wednesday's hearing, Hurson emphasized the building's infrastructure, including only four toilets, cannot support 542 detainees, citing risks of sewage overflow and environmental harm to the surrounding community.
- Governor Wes Moore called the injunction a "major and welcome step forward," while the Department of Homeland Security disputed the decision, claiming the legal action hinders President Trump's safety efforts.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is reviewing plans for 11 nationwide warehouses, as reports indicate officials are reconsidering the proposed 1,500-bed facility's scope following fierce opposition from communities like Hagerstown.
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A federal judge limited the additional construction of a planned immigration detention center in Washington County on Wednesday, noting that the government’s plans for the installation and its environmental impact were unclear and inconsistent. District federal judge Brendan A. Hurson stated that environmental damage, “by its nature, can rarely be adequately repaired” through economic compensation and is often permanent. Those concerns, he said,…
Judge grants preliminary injunction over proposed ICE facility near Hagerstown
At a preliminary injunction hearing in State of Maryland v. Noem, the state argued the proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Washington County should be halted, saying the federal government moved ahead without proper environmental review. Jeffrey Goldstein with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office said Washington County’s infrastructure cannot handle the project. He added that the nearby Wright Road pumping statio…
Hundreds rally against ICE as judge agrees to block Maryland detention center construction
Ama Frimpong of We Are CASA speaks to a crowd in front of the U.S. District Courthouse in Baltimore where a judge extended his order halting work on a planned immigrant detention center in Washington County. (Photo by Rhiannon Evans/Maryland Matters)A federal judge on Wednesday limited further construction on a planned Washington County immigration detention center, saying the government’s plans for the facility and its impacts on the environmen…
A federal judge blocked on Wednesday this week the construction of the immigration detention center that ICE plans to install in an industrial warehouse in Williamsport, Maryland. The ruling indefinitely stops the installation's fitting works as the lawsuit filed by the state attorney general, Anthony Brown, proceeds against the Department of Homeland Security.A $102 million warehouse without environmental reviewThe Department of Homeland Securi…
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