Overview
- Reporting on Thursday showed federal officials plan to sell or transfer seven of the 11 industrial warehouses ICE bought earlier this year to convert into migrant detention centers.
- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel confirmed ICE will not convert the Romulus site and intends to list the property for sale while her lawsuit stays active until officials secure a written commitment barring future detention use.
- DHS issued a statement saying it will prioritize using existing detention capacity with state and county partners after an internal reassessment of the Noem-era warehouse purchases.
- News accounts say four of the 11 warehouses — two in Texas, one in Arizona, and one in Maryland — still appear to be moving forward and multiple lawsuits and state orders continue to slow work at other locations.
- Oversight reviews and local objections highlighted specific problems such as floodplain siting, proximity to schools, limited sewer capacity, and questions about the cost and procurement process for purchases that totaled hundreds of millions of dollars.