Local consent rule targets new ICE detention sites in US

Two New Hampshire senators introduced a bill to bar DHS from opening new immigration processing sites or detention centers without consent from the state governor and local officials, citing community concerns like those in Merrimack. A House companion bill was filed, and the measure would require 30 days of public comment and congressional notification. Democrats say it responds to local pushback against the administration’s detention-center plans, but Republicans largely back the deportation agenda and the bill faces slim odds in a Republican-controlled Congress, though some GOP lawmakers have voiced concerns about site proposals.