Overview
- State Attorney General Rob Bonta and Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block design, renovation, demolition, procurement, or construction at the 24.5-acre site leased to the federal government for ICE use.
- The lawsuit alleges the lease and development proceeded without required environmental review under NEPA and without consultation required by federal intergovernmental law, creating legal grounds for an immediate pause.
- Plaintiffs say building the Enforcement and Removal Operations site would threaten protected agricultural land, damage habitat, risk hazardous-material release, and overwhelm septic, drinking water, and local road infrastructure.
- Marin County has announced it will join the effort by filing a supporting brief, and plaintiffs cite past investigative reports and litigation showing ERO offices can result in overcrowding and long detentions.
- If the court grants the injunction it would halt construction and likely force supplemental environmental review and greater federal transparency, while a denial would leave plaintiffs to pursue the underlying statutory claims in ongoing litigation.