Court orders two-week halt on construction at Williamsport immigration detention warehouse

By: Maryland Matters Staff

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 657

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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A federal district judge has ordered construction to stop for at least the next two weeks at the massive Washington County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to convert into a detention center for up to 1,500 immigrants.

U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson issued the emergency order at 5 p.m. Wednesday, stopping ICE from “proceeding with renovation and/or construction activities required to build, retrofit, or otherwise convert the Williamsport Warehouse … into …

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