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ICE is buying warehouses to detain more migrants amid local opposition

The Department of Homeland Security is buying up huge warehouses to detain and process more migrants for deportation.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Rudy Cruz Jr., the mayor of Socorro, Texas, about why he’s opposing a warehouse purchase in his community and how that processing center would impact local residents.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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