Bolstered by a show of public support, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday that voices opposition to the conversion of any industrial warehouse in Orange County into a federal immigrant detention center.
The resolution comes in response to reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to purchase an industrial warehouse near Lake Nona to convert into a detention facility, as part of a broader, multibillion-dollar effort that’s playing out nationwide.
Community members in blue and deep-red communities alike have responded to such reports with frustration, the Washington Postreported, citing concerns such as lack of transparency, environmental impacts, and a worry that the reported human rights violations occurring in ICE detention centers elsewhere will come to their communities next…