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Residents press Surprise council to oppose planned DHS/ICE processing site; call for ordinances, oversight and slow‑down
Summary
Dozens of residents used the March 3 call to the public to urge the Surprise City Council to oppose a Department of Homeland Security/ICE warehouse purchase proposed for use as a processing/detention facility, pressing the city for ordinances, oversight, and immediate steps to limit federal operations.
A steady stream of residents on March 3 pressed the Surprise City Council to publicly oppose a recently announced Department of Homeland Security purchase of a Surprise warehouse for use as an ICE processing/detention site and urged the council to use every local legal and administrative tool to slow or block the facility.
Speakers representing neighborhood groups, veterans, parents, students and advocacy organizations described concerns spanning humanitarian, public‑safety and infrastructure impacts and called for specific local actions: public opposition statements, restrictions on…
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