Revolt in Small Georgia Town Wards Off 10,000-Bed ICE Detention Center

The rural town of Social Circle, Georgia, announced that the Department of Homeland Security has canceled plans to convert a warehouse into one of the nation’s largest immigration detention centers, which would have held up to 10,000 people. The decision caps months of resistance — including locking the water meter at the site and a federal “public nuisance” lawsuit — turning the earlier “pause” into a permanent defeat.