B.C.-based Pattison says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won’t proceed
Jim Pattison Developments halted the sale after public backlash over ICE's plan to use the 550,000-square-foot warehouse for immigrant detention amid reports of violent deportations.
- A company owned by British Columbia billionaire Jimmy Pattison says it will not be selling a Virginia warehouse to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which planned to use the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.
- The turnaround was announced Friday after news of the planned sale attracted widespread criticism, including from B.C.'s attorney general.
- The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, also known as ICE, has drawn international condemnation for its pursuit of a mass deportation campaign targeting immigrants in the U.S.
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BC-based Pattison says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won't proceed
The pending sale had been subject to intense criticism amid an immigration crackdown in the United States. Two US citizens have been shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis this month, prompting widespread protests.
DHS deal to buy warehouse collapses after company learns of ICE's plans
A Virginia business has backed out of a deal to sell a warehouse to the federal government, after learning the building would be used as a detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.According to the Vancouver Sun, "Jim Pattison Developments says it won’t sell a warehouse in Virginia to...
Canadian-based company backs out of ICE warehouse deal in Hanover
HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The Canadian-based company that owns the Hanover County warehouse previously slated to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility has backed out of the deal. Jim Pattison Developments, the company that owns the 550,000-square-foot warehouse in Hanover County -- which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) planned to convert into an ICE processing facility -- announced on Friday, Jan. 30, th…
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