Overview
- The Washington Post reported in December that internal ICE documents named a Merrimack warehouse as a potential processing site for 500 to 1,500 detainees in a national consolidation plan.
- The plan, as described in that reporting, would funnel people from roughly 16 smaller intake sites into seven large warehouse hubs to accelerate deportations.
- Gov. Kelly Ayotte said the state has received no notification from DHS or ICE and questioned how any facility would be staffed given corrections vacancies.
- Merrimack town leaders said they first learned of the idea from media reports, say no agreement is in place, and note that federal agencies have not publicly confirmed plans.
- Local organizers with No ICE NH planned a protest at Town Hall this evening before the Town Council meeting, where the rumored facility was not on the agenda.