Trump ICE Warehouse Plan Faces Maryland Lawsuit and Community Protests Over Hagerstown Detention Facility
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The Department of Homeland Security bought an 825,000‑square‑foot warehouse in Washington County, Maryland, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a $113 million contract to renovate it to hold 500–1,500 detainees; a Maryland judge has temporarily halted renovation work after the state attorney general sued, with a hearing set for April 15. The purchase has sparked repeated local protests and criticism that residents were not informed—even as county commissioners issued a proclamation backing DHS and ICE while forwarding a list of requested infrastructure upgrades—and mirrors legal pushback in New Jersey and Michigan over the broader warehouse‑to‑detention plan.