Monday August 17, 2009
Illegal immigrant detention center proposed in WVa


FRANKLIN, W.Va. (AP) -- The Pendleton County Commission is holding a public meeting this month on a company's proposal to build a detention center for nonviolent illegal immigrants.

The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Aug. 27 at the Franklin Community Center.

GSI Professional Corrections proposed to build a detention center in the Brandywine-Sugar Grove area that would house up to 1,000 detainees.

Local and state officials are seeking federal backing for the center.

County commissioners endorsed a "cooperative partnership'' with GSI to establish and operate the facility in a July 10 letter to U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

Byrd said in an Aug. 4 reply that he would forward the county's letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


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