Elected leaders and community members in Santa Clara County said they weren’t notified in January 2025 when the federal government leased a swath of unincorporated land near Gilroy with the intent to build a detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In fact, that information wasn’t publicly known until last month, after community members alerted the county, which conducted its own investigation.
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On Thursday, Santa Clara County government officials and immigrant advocates held a rally at the Santa Clara County Government Center in San José, where they promised to defend immigrant communities and fight to stop a 4,000-square-foot ICE facility from being built.
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