Georgia town’s residents divided on plan to open ICE detention center

The city manager of Oakwood, Georgia, says he was given just days’ notice that a massive federal immigration detention facility is set to open inside the small North Georgia community.

The facility, comprised of a pair of warehouses totaling more than 600,000 square feet, is expected to hold about 1,500 detainees.

But for city officials, the most alarming number is three…

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