Surprise, AZ Residents Demand Answers on Planned 1,500-Bed ICE Facility

DHS purchased a 418,000-square-foot warehouse in Surprise, Arizona for $70 million cash to convert into a 1,500-bed ICE processing and detention facility, with $150 million in planned retrofitting costs. Local officials were not informed of the purchase in advance. More than 80 residents packed a city council meeting to voice concerns. The facility sits 300 yards from residential homes and roughly a mile from a high school with a 60%+ Hispanic student body. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and a bipartisan group of congressional representatives are demanding answers from DHS.