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Harlingen commissioners set hearings after wave of public opposition to data centers and proposed detention facilities
Summary
Residents packed the city meeting to urge action on proposed data centers and possible detention/processing facilities. The commission voted to publish and hold public hearings on a temporary moratorium and directed staff to compile studies on water, environmental, and infrastructure impacts.
Hundreds of residents and advocates used the city’s citizen-communication period on April 1 to press the Harlingen City Commission to slow or block large data-center proposals and to oppose converting local buildings into immigration detention or processing centers. Commissioners voted to call public hearings and directed staff to publicize the moratorium proposal and collect technical studies on water, environmental, and infrastructure impacts.
Speakers from across the city described mounting worries about water use, neighborhood impacts, and transparency. “The AI revolution is 10 times…
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