Require local approval and impact reviews for ICE facilities

Ossoff cosponsored legislation that would require local government approval and impact assessments before ICE builds or expands detention facilities. The proposal would apply to projects like the facility the agency had planned to build in Social Circle.

Context: The legislation is described as cosponsored; the passage does not say it has been enacted.

In their own words

would require approval from local governments and impact assessments before building and expanding ICE facilities

The source

Jon Ossoff: 2026 Senate candidate voter guide ↗

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