Ayotte says DHS is backing away from plans for an immigrant detention center in Merrimack

By: William Skipworth

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 515

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Tuesday morning that the Department of Homeland Security is no longer planning to build an immigrant detention center in Merrimack.

The federal government planned to retrofit a warehouse on Robert Milligan Parkway in Merrimack into a processing center where immigrants would be detained temporarily before being transferred to a larger detention center to await deportation, according to DHS documents previously released by Ayotte. This was part of the federal government’s …

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