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Milwaukee ICE detention facility proposed
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has proposed to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Milwaukee.
What we know:
MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has proposed to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Milwaukee, an alderwoman announced Tuesday, Jan. 14.
Ald. Larresa Taylor, who represents Milwaukee's 9th District, said DHS requested modifications to a building located at 11925 W. Lake Park Dr. Those modifications include adding a sally port and a chain link fence with privacy slats. A sally port would be used to transport prisoners to and from the facility.
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"I want District 9, and the rest of the city, to know that we do not support the Department of Homeland Security in their decision to move into our district, and we definitely do not support any such modifications to any building in our district (as a location to house prisoners!)," Taylor said in a statement.
What's next:
Taylor scheduled a news conference at 1 p.m. Wednesday outside the building. She invited all organizations that will be impacted to join her, noting "Milwaukee's 9th Aldermanic District will no longer be Wisconsin's dumping ground for detention facilities."
The Source: Ald. Larresa Taylor provided information.