DHS appears to axe plan to construct immigration detention megacenter in small Georgia town

By: Ellie Fivas

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: June 19, 2026

Words: 828

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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After months of tension between the city of Social Circle and the federal government, the city announced in a press release Thursday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will abandon its plan to convert an industrial warehouse into a 10,000-bed immigration detention center in the rural community.

The department’s apparent decision to discontinue the detention center’s development comes a month after the city of Social Circle, which is about an hour east …

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