Q&A: What Deborah Ross saw inside the ICE processing facility in Cary

By: Ahmed Jallow

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 1,370

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago


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U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross says the complaints her office receives about immigration detention rarely involve the ICE processing facility in Cary.

Instead, Ross said, concerns typically arise after people are transferred to the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia, where North Carolinians can spend months in federal custody.

Ross recently toured the Cary facility with Rep. Valerie Foushee as part of a congressional oversight visit. She said the site functions primarily as a short-term processing center …

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