{"id":2414082,"date":"2025-03-20T15:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-ice-detention-center-to-open-in-former-michigan-prison-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:39:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:39:02","slug":"new-ice-detention-center-to-open-in-former-michigan-prison-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-ice-detention-center-to-open-in-former-michigan-prison-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New ICE detention center to open in former Michigan prison &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-ice-detention-center-to-open-in-former-michigan-prison-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414082&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - 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ICE will exclusively use the center. Its contract is multiyear, but the company did not disclose how long it could last.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We expect that our company-owned North Lake Facility in&nbsp;Michigan will play an important role in helping meet the need for increased federal immigration processing center bed space,&rdquo; GEO Group Executive Chairman George C. Zoley said in a statement. &ldquo;We are proud of our 40-year public-private partnership with ICE, and we stand ready to continue to help the federal government meet its expanded immigration enforcement priorities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3349657\/judge-james-boasberg-blocked-deportation-flights-tom-homan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>JUDGE WHO BLOCKED DEPORTATION FLIGHTS &lsquo;DEFIES LOGIC&rsquo;: TOM HOMAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ICE has been focusing on detaining immigrants on student visas over their anti-Israel sentiment, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3353691\/georgetown-student-detained-ice-student-visa-revoked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Badar Khan Suri<\/a>, a Georgetown student from India whose Palestinian wife&rsquo;s father is a Hamas political adviser. 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