Federal court halts planned ICE detention center in Maryland 

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A U.S. district judge extended a court-ordered pause on a proposed Maryland immigration detention facility following environmental law violations and raw sewage concerns from the construction.

The Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have plans to open and operate a detention center at a 54-acre warehouse property it bought on Jan. 16 near Williamsport, Maryland, for $102.4 million.

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