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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hanover VA has convinced the Canadian company not to sell to ICE.

Looks like Hagerstown is going to get one of these "warehouses" / camps and probably get more immigrants who are actually here legally released on the streets with no money and no way to get home. [/quote]

I live here and I swear the warehouse was built specifically for ICE.  It was recently completed.  It's owned by Canadian billionaire Jim Pattison, who also owns "Great Wolf Lodge" locations. Local reaction was strong and the Board of Supervisors voted ICE down on the theory that there would be too much drain on local law enforcement and it's in a retail/residential area.  Protestors repeatedly called Pattison's company in Vancouver.  He backed out of the sale but probably not out of the goodness of his heart.  I'd be interested to know whether he's built other warehouses for ICE.  News articles are making Pattison sound benevolent while he sounds like the Canadian Trump. His name is on everything. 
[url]https://www.jimpattison.com/[/url][/quote]

I'm also in the area and while I was happy to hear the Hanover Board of Supervisors voted against the project, it was mainly on the premise of the use of the warehouse didn't fit the area.  And it didn't.  It's right across from a Bass Pro Shop.  There are hotels and even townhouses on the same road just about in viewing distance.  It would have been a mess.  But, Hanover did sound like, if you find a better location, well, then, ok.  I just saw that the owner has decided not to sell to the Feds, so we will see.

The warehouse was built to be a distribution center for some sort of food packaging company and then that fell through.  I do believe that there are still plans for a MASSIVE location in Stafford - Hanover in 500k SQFT was to hold 1500.  The Stafford location is 10k detainees!

The protests against this were pretty large - there were hundreds outside of the Board of Supervisors meeting when their oppostition was released.  Pretty nice to see.  [/quote]

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