Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on the 23rd that he has sued the federal government, demanding it stop building an immigration detention center in the state. Brown said on social media that the Department of Homeland Security has invested $100 million to convert a 54-acre (about 218,000 square meters) warehouse facility in Washington County, Maryland, into a detention center that can hold 1,500 people simultaneously. (Xinhua)
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Maryland sues the U.S. government for "illegal construction" of immigration detention centers
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on the 23rd that he has sued the federal government, demanding it stop building an immigration detention center in the state. Brown said on social media that the Department of Homeland Security has invested $100 million to convert a 54-acre (about 218,000 square meters) warehouse facility in Washington County, Maryland, into a detention center that can hold 1,500 people simultaneously. (Xinhua)