California sues Trump administration over planned ICE facility near Gilroy

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California Atty.Gen.

Rob Bonta and Santa Clara County officials announced a new lawsuit against the Trump administration that aims to block a planned immigration facility near Gilroy.The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S.

district court in San Jose, alleges that the leased land is zoned elusively for agricultural use and that the federal government violated laws requiring state and county notification, as well as procedural steps required before beginning construction.The agency told the San José Spotlight that the project is an ICE office and denied that it would be a detention center.

But state and local officials believe the facility will be used for short-term detention of up to 150 people at a time.“The administration is trying to jam through a new facility on a community that does not want it, bulldozing over laws, shrouding their plans in secrecy and ignoring calls from the community to stop,” Bonta said during a news conference in San José, adding that it marks the 71st lawsuit filed by his office against the Trump administration.

California The Trump administration appears to be considering sending immigrants facing deportation to FCI Dublin, a former federal prison in the Bay Area that was closed after a sexual assault scandal, according to records reviewed by The Times.The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The suit also argues that the property is in an area known to support several endangered and threatened species and that a facility there would strain the limited waste disposal and drinking water infrastructure.Santa Clara County officials said they weren’t notified last year when the federal government, intending to build a facility for U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leased nearly 25 acres of unincorporated land just outside of Gilroy.The parcel includes three buildings, greenhouses and a larg...

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