Arizona Challenges ICE Detention Plan Adjacent to Hazardous Chemical Storage

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a federal lawsuit to block DHS/ICE’s planned mass detention facility in Surprise, alleging the agencies skipped required environmental reviews and violated the Immigration and Nationality Act. The proposed site sits across from a chemical storage facility with thousands of gallons of hazardous materials, and the government says the suit is about safety, not the environment, as part of a broader $45 billion ICE detention expansion.