Georgia Town Fights ICE Megacenter, Testing Federal Rulemaking Limits

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Social Circle, a 5,000-resident town in Georgia, has filed a federal lawsuit to block an ICE planned megacenter, arguing it would violate state public nuisance law and the federal Administrative Procedures Act by not adequately considering local impacts or reasonable alternatives, potentially reshaping how the government weighs community effects in major immigration facilities.
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