Georgia town sues the Trump administration over massive ICE detention center

A Georgia city has filed a lawsuit over plans to build a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. Lawyers representing Social Circle, a town of about 5,000 people that is 45 miles east of Atlanta, filed suit Wednesday against ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and acting ICE [

By: Ross Williams

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: May 14, 2026

Words: 473

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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A Georgia city has filed a lawsuit over plans to build a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Lawyers representing Social Circle, a town of about 5,000 people that is 45 miles east of Atlanta, filed suit Wednesday against ICE, the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons.

The town is calling on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to …

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