Escobar: Planned Socorro Detention Facility Will Be ICE Campus with Fewer Detainees than Originally Estimated
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The Department of Homeland Security has modified its plans for an extensive warehouse in Socorro that it purchased to use as an immigration detention center with capacity for up to 8,500 people, said U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar, Democrat for El Paso, Friday after meeting with the interim director of the Immigration and Customs Control Service. “The Department of Homeland Security will continue to use those warehouses, but there will be …
Escobar: Planned Socorro detention facility will be ICE campus with fewer detainees than originally estimated
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, said that a federal immigration detention center in Socorro will not have as many detainees as originally thought. Escobar spoke with local media on Friday, June 12 after meeting with acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director David Venturella, who came to El Paso for [...]
ICE changes plans for warehouses in Socorro; Congresswoman Escobar
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- According to Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, the Department of Homeland Security has shifted their plans for the warehouses in Socorro, Texas. Initially, the agency wanted to use the warehouses as a detention center that would have the ability to hold 8,500 detainees. Congresswoman Escobar says that she met with acting ICE Director David Ventura and local leaders Friday. According to the congresswoman, DHS now plans to u…
Trump administration scales back plans for massive Socorro immigration detention center, Escobar says
The Department of Homeland Security has modified its plans for a sprawling warehouse facility in Socorro that it purchased for use as an immigration detention facility for up to 8,500 people, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, said Friday after meeting with the interim director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “The Department of Homeland Security is going to proceed with using those warehouses, but there will not be 8,500 people held …
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