Atlanta suburb sues DHS over planned ICE facility that could hold 10,000 people

The town of Social Circle, Georgia, alleges in a lawsuit that ICE’s new facility will overburden the town’s small infrastructure resulting in “dry taps and raw human waste spills.”

A suburban community outside Atlanta has sued the Department of Homeland Security and ICE over their plans to open a detention warehouse for 10,000 immigrants in the town of less than 5,500 residents.

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The lawsuit filed by the town of Social Circle, Georgia, alleges Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s new facility will overburden the small town’s infrastructure, resulting in “dry taps and raw human waste spills.”

Town officials also alleged that ICE’s actions have broken state and federal laws in its effort to convert a massive local warehouse into a mega-detention center that cost $128 million in taxpayer money to purchase.