San Antonio sued last month to pause work on the new detention center until the federal government studied its effect on the surrounding area.
San Antonio is trying to stall the Trump administration's plan for a new ICE detention center until Democrats take over Congress in January, Edgar Sandoval writes for the New York Times. The city sued last month to pause efforts to transform a warehouse into a detention center until the federal government studied its effect on the surrounding area. Representative Joaquin Castro, who represents part of the city, told the New York Times he hoped the incoming Democratic majority in Congress could block the project for good in 2027.
“In San Antonio, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and other officials have said they have been kept in the dark since February, when the government purchased the sprawling warehouse for $66 million,” The New York Times reports.
With San Antonio's recent lawsuit, which alleges that the Department of Homeland Security had skipped legally required environmental reviews, the city joins about a dozen other states, cities and non-profit groups in presenting legal challenges to the Trump administration’s detention center plans.
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