DHS Scrapping New Deportation Mega-Facilities, Despite $38 Billion Spending Spree

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is scrapping plans to create a number of deportation mega-facilities, despite a $38 billion plan for expanding detention capacity. One of the facilities is in Social Circle, Georgia.“The City of Social Circle has received notification from Congressman Mike Collins that the Department of Homeland Security… is no longer pursuing an ICE detention facility within the City of Social Circle,” the local government said in a statement Thursday.Originally, the facilities was planned to house up to 10,000 detainees—more than twice the population of the city—in addition to over 2,000 employees.The facility cost the federal government...