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ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US | Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools (www.bloomberg.com)

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 points 22 hours ago

The proximity to homes and schools is not what I'm worried about

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's what they're worried about? Fucking, fill those prisons with them.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 21 hours ago

Those are concerns that tend to have local laws empowering people to block projects. "It creates too much traffic for my residential street" has the potential to stop something like this using established comfortable mechanisms when "They're planning to round us up and murder us" might not.