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Oklahoma City Council hears DHS briefing on proposed ICE processing center as residents demand action
Summary
City staff briefed the council on a DHS letter saying an ICE processing facility at 2800 S. Council Road would "result in a finding of no historic properties affected." Council members and hundreds of public commenters pressed for legal options, transparency, and protections for nearby neighborhoods and schools; council requested a legal memo and deferred promises to pursue available steps.
City planning staff told the Oklahoma City Council that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has notified the city of plans to convert a warehouse on South Council Road into a processing and holding facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Planning Director Jeff Butler said the DHS letter, received Dec. 23, 2025, states that the agency "has determined that the undertaking will result in a finding of no historic properties affected" and described the site as a processing facility with holding, office, visitor, cafeteria and health-care spaces. Butler said the city had asked DHS to voluntarily participate in Oklahoma City’s special-permit process to allow public hearings and formal review of traffic and neighborhood impacts.
Council members pressed staff and municipal counsel on the city’s legal authority.…
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