Sen. Marsha Blackburn: ICE ends plans for Wilson County immigrant detention ‘mega center’

By: Anita Wadhwani

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 543

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn posted on X Tuesday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will not move forward” with plans to build an immigrant detention mega center holding up to 16,000 detainees in Wilson County.

Blackburn’s post marks the fourth public reversal in a little more than a week of on-again, off-again plans to locate a detention center in Lebanon, a suburban Wilson County community of about 51,000 located 30 miles east of Nashville.

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