The Department of Homeland Security is leasing space in the Portico North building near St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center, a hospital spokesperson told the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday. Property assessment records show that St. Luke’s owns the building.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is part of the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.
The building is not used for clinical care, St. Luke’s spokesperson Christine Myron said in an email. The lease’s existence was reported by Wired, a news outlet that shared a list of planned ICE expansion locations in an article on Tuesday…