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Jacqueline Munis

Billionaire Trump supporter blocks sale of Texas warehouse for use as ICE jail

Photo of Ed Roski Jr. (left) and Gayle Roski (Credit: John Sciulli—Getty Images for Annenberg Foundation)

Rumors of an ICE detention center in a town in Texas have prompted a declarative response from a billionaire Trump supporter. The centers have been compared to concentration camps.

As rumors swirled that ICE was eyeing warehouse properties with the aim of creating new detention facilities—an expansion of the now-defunct “Alligator Alcatraz” or the camps that separated immigrant families during President Donald Trump’s first term—billionaire Edward Roski Jr. stood firm. 

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