Overview
- County leaders and immigrant groups, following Thursday's rally in San José, pledged to stop a proposed ICE detention site just outside Gilroy.
- County counsel said DHS secured a $26.5 million lease for about 24.5 acres at 7240 Holsclaw Road from Elmwood Capital Group, which appears in federal procurement and county property records tied to the site.
- DHS has not confirmed any new facility at the location and said only that ICE is working to expand detention space.
- Officials say the parcel is not zoned for detention use and they are preparing to sue, with the California attorney general coordinating with the county.
- Observers reported workers putting up privacy fencing and removing greenhouses this week, heightening fear among local immigrant workers and families near the site and a nearby ICE office in Morgan Hill.