Outrage is mounting in Georgia and across the United States as the federal government moves to dramatically expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention capacity as part of an escalating war on immigrants. In rural Social Circle, Georgia, local officials revealed that ICE intends to purchase a 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse and convert it into a massive detention complex capable of holding up to 10,000 people, a scale of incarceration not seen in the United States since the mass imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I may have to go visit said spot before there’s a ton of security, just for “informational purposes”

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      How many sugars do you take in your coffee? At least a couple of five pound bags, right?