ICE Detention Centers Would Be Banned Under New Proposal: List of Sponsors

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Representative Rashida Tlaib , a Michigan Democrat , has introduced a bill that aims to bar U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) from transforming warehouses into detention centers . The legislation, called the Ban Warehouse Detention Act, comes in response to plans from the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ), which includes ICE, to use or convert industrial warehouses around the country into detention facilities to house immigrants. Asked about Tlaib's bill, ICE said in a

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