Homeland Security Halts Immigrant Warehouse Buys

0:00It's April 1st. From your city to your ears, this is El Paso News. Today, powered by AI, Homeland Security is slamming the brakes on new warehouse buys for holding immigrants. They're digging into every contract signed under former Secretary Christie Knowham. This move hid just days after new Secretary Mark Wayne Mullin got sworn in to run the department. Mullin stepped into a $38 billion blueprint to jack up detention beds to $92,000. It includes eight huge centers for 7,000 to 10,000 people each, plus 16 smaller spots. Already, 11 warehouses got purchased in states like Arizona, Georgia, and Texas for $1,074,000. Communities flipped out from the jump. Neighbors hate the idea of big-eye setups nearby, citing moral issues and hits to local water and sewer systems. All suits are brewing in three states. One Phoenix area sites beds dropped from 1,500 to 542, and eight other deals.

1:00Straight up crumbled. Mullin, with his background expanding a family plumbing business, stressed during hearings that they need to team up with local leaders. He pointed out most towns, lacked the pipes for extra waste and water demands. With this full contract review underway, including already bought spots, expect shifts in how the mass deportation machine rolls out.