There’s a small town in Georgia’s Walton County called Social Circle, with just under 5,000 residents. The Donald Trump administration has set its sights on the city, located 45 miles east of Atlanta, as the site of one of the largest ICE detention centers in the United States. However, the city is fighting back in such a novel way that it could make other communities rethink how they approach lawsuits against the administration.
According to The Guardian, Social Circle is accusing the federal government of failing to carry out environmental impact assessments for the proposed detention center. In its complaint, the city argues that federal agencies are required to conduct such assessments under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
