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  • Why are Elkridge residents fighting ICE's planned detention facility move?

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📰 News we're reading

• ICE sent her 2,000 miles from her Maryland home. She's far from alone. (thebanner.com) — ICE plans to move its overcrowded Baltimore holding facility to Elkridge, a relocation that local residents and leaders are already fighting in court. The story follows a Maryland mother's 2,000‑mile detention odyssey to show how such facilities operate, and explains how state laws and federal policies are driving more transfers and shaping what this Elkridge proposal could mean for families here.
   

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