Community concern over immigration enforcement facility coming to Salem
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By Scott Leamon
WSLS10 Reporter
Published: April 7, 2009

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (or ICE) office in Salem this summer.

The office is being relocated from Roanoke, according to agency spokesperson Cori Bassett.

Blueprints for the facility call for four holding cells, an interview room, bullet proof glass, and a vault.

Part of the plans call for the office to function as a “maximum securityâ€