Detention center for illegal aliens proposed for Ionia

JUST IN: Detention center for illegal immigrants proposed for Ionia

By Elisabeth Waldon | on April 28, 2020

IONIA — One year ago, a proposed detention center for illegal immigrants was nixed for the city of Ionia by Michigan’s governor.
https://thedailynews.cc/wp-content/u...2-1024x611.pngA map provided by U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) showing a proposed location for a detention center just south of downtown Ionia, which would create 264 new jobs and would house up to 600 male detainees. — Submitted photo


Now, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking at a new location for a detention center just south of downtown Ionia, which would create 264 new jobs and would house up to 600 male detainees.

The Immigration Centers of America previously proposed installing a detention center at the old Deerfield Correctional Facility at 1755 Harwood Road in Ionia to house immigrant men age 18 and older. The facility would have been on the 46.3-acre Deerfield site, which has sat vacant since 2009.

However, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer blocked the sale of the Michigan Land Bank-owned property, saying that building more detention facilities won’t solve the nation’s immigration crisis.

Now an environmental assessment is being prepared for ICE for a proposed contractor-owned/operated detention facility to be constructed in the city of Ionia.

https://thedailynews.cc/articles/jus...sed-for-ionia/

We do not need more detention centers to warehouse illegal aliens.

They need to be processed, fingerprinted, and released back to their countries within 24 hours.

Let their country pay for their transportation back home. We are not their travel agent to provide free airplane rides, these airplane rides are not free and taxpayers should not be paying for this. They pay the transportation costs or NO more visa's will be issued to these countries.

Create new jobs in manufacturing. We do not need a conveyor belt of more illegal aliens in detention.