Joint Statement from Governor Mikie Sherrill, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, and Roxbury Mayor Shawn Potillo on Agreement With DHS on Proposed ICE Detention Facility

“Since we filed litigation, we’ve been demanding the federal government back off its rushed construction and operation of an immigration detention center in Roxbury. We’ve been clear from the beginning that DHS’s proposed ICE detention facility in Roxbury will harm the community and won’t do anything to make us safer. If DHS conducts a proper analysis, it will discover that this industrial warehouse is no place for a detention center. If DHS continues to plow ahead after conducting its further analysis, we will return to Court to seek relief immediately.”