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Jacob R. Swartz

Civil Rights Group Sues ICE for Withholding Records of the Agency's Detention Expansion Plans in Virginia

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its Virginia and North Carolina affiliates have filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), requesting the release of records detailing the agency's planned expansion of detention centers in Virginia. 

The lawsuit, which was filed on October 1 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, stems from a Request for Information (RFI) issued by ICE on May 28. The RFI sought to identify "single adult facilities" within a two-hour drive of Richmond International Airport in Virginia with 1,000 to 1,500 beds, to serve as additional ICE detention centers under the jurisdiction of the agency's D.C. Enforcement and Removal Operations division.

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