Protest planned following Bradford County vote to move forward on proposed ICE Detention Center

A protest to challenge the proposed ICE Detention Center in Bradford County is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at 209 S. Temple Ave. in Starke.

The Douglas Warehouse off U.S. Highway 301 is the proposed site for an ICE detention center. Bradford County commissioners recently voted 3-2 to move forward with a proposal to turn the warehouse in Starke into a 3,000-bed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

Bradford County Board of Commissioners chair, Carolyn Spooner, said the county has had control of this building for about two years…

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