Hundreds pack Wilson County meeting to speak out against ICE detention facility

By: Anita Wadhwani

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 569

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Hundreds of residents turned out to the Wilson County Commission meeting Tuesday to speak against the prospect of an immigration detention center coming to their community.

On Tuesday afternoon, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement retracted a previous statement that it had purchased property in Lebanon to use as an immigrant detention facility whose construction and operations would “bring 7,216 jobs to the area and would contribute $829.5 million to GDP.”

But many of the …

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