Social Circle Immigrant Detention Facility Conversion
Sector: Warehouse • Location: Social Circle, Georgia, United States
Source: AJC.com
The Department of Homeland Security purchased a vacant 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Social Circle, Georgia, intending to convert it into an 8,500-bed immigrant detention facility. The city of Social Circle filed a federal lawsuit to block the conversion, citing failure to perform required environmental and health impact reviews and concerns about insufficient local infrastructure to support
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Warehouse, Government
- Location
- Social Circle, Georgia, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- AJC.com
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Description | The Department of Homeland Security purchased a vacant 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Social Circle, Georgia, intending to convert it into an 8,500-bed immigrant detention facility. The city of Social Circle filed a federal lawsuit to block the conversion, citing failure to perform required environmental and health impact reviews and concerns about insufficient local infrastructure to support the facility. |
Original sector | Government |
Location
Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Georgia |
City | Social Circle |
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Source | AJC.com |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Warehouse, Government |
Article published date | 2026-05-18 |
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