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To execute its mass deportation campaign, the Trump administration has big plans for small-town America. In the rural town of Williamsport, Maryland, just next to Hagerstown, the Department of Homeland Security recently purchased a massive shipping warehouse for over $100 million and plans to convert the facility into an immigrant detention center that will hold upwards of 1,500 human beings per day. In this on-the-ground report, TRNN takes you to the site of the proposed ICE detention facility and speaks with local residents who are fighting back and demanding more transparency and accountability from the government.
Additional links/info:
Hagerstown Rapid Response Network website, Facebook page, Bluesky page, and Instagram
Washington County Indivisible website
Project Salt Box Substack, Bluesky page, TikTok, and Instagram
Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “The chilling truth behind ICE’s detention warehouses”
Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “Meet the data analysts exposing ICE’s plans
ACLU of Maryland, “Community leaders, elected officials, and civil rights organizations challenge DHS’s secret, rushed plan to convert Hagerstown warehouse into mass immigration detention center”
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Videographer: Maximillian Alvarez
Post-Production: Maximillian Alvarez, Cameron Granadino
Transcript
The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible.
Claire Connor:
We are on the outskirts of Hagerstown very close to Williamsport, Maryland, and we are standing in front of a gargantuan warehouse facility that has recently been purchased by DHS for use of detention center.
Laura Spivak:
We were recently informed actually by the Washington Post via some leak documents that an ICE facility was planned for our county. We were not informed by any of our local politicians. We were not informed by the federal government. And the community
Claire Connor:
In light of this has been
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