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One feature of President Donald Trump 's strict immigration enforcement campaign has been converting commercial warehouses into massive holding cites for undocumented immigrants captured by ICE. |
One such facility in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, for instance sold for $57.5 million two years ago but under Noem's leadership the department paid $87.4 million for it. Just last month DHS bought an empty warehouse in Social Circle, Georgia, for $128.5 million when its value is listed at $29.7 million. |
Experts says the feds might be overpaying in order to compel developers and lure commercial landowners to sell, and thanks to Congress the agency has billions more in tax dollars at its disposal to buy those properties. | The Aurora (Colorado) contract ICE immigration detention processing center run by GEO Group. as seen on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY |
For more on ICE and homeland security, check out USA TODAY's coverage: |
Georgia town planning for 'worst case scenario' ahead of ICE facility: Officials are troubled after learning a 10,000-bed detention center is coming with a $2 million cost |
Trump's immigration stumbles in the spotlight as Noem ousted: The ouster adds to the turmoil to the administration's signature second-term initiative |
Teachers aren't guaranteed parental leave in most states |
It's a surprisingly common dilemma for America's educators and spotlights a gap in the caregiving economy. |
Only 15 states and Washington, D.C. require districts to offer paid parental leave and that's stunning when considering 77% of K-12 instructors are women with more being in child-bearing age compared to other other U.S. workers. |
A Gallup survey found that 59% of American teachers who had a child or adopted a child during their career did not receive any amount of paid parental leave, and 17% didn't take any time off. |
When teachers do become new parents often have to do what Cordell did and pull from their sick days, vacation time and other unpaid leave for critical bonding months with their newborns. Some report feeling guilty when choosing between their students and their own children, too. | | The U.S. economy shed 92,000 jobs in February, a sign the labor market is still in low-hire mode as employers navigate economic and geopolitical uncertainty. | | Republicans in the House of Representatives blocked a war powers resolution that would've immediately stopped U.S. hostilities against Iran. | | | | Marjorie Taylor Greene is putting her support behind Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host appeared to draw ire from the president. | | | | Aricca Wallace had a tumor the size of a baby's head. She likely had less than a year to live. This cervical cancer clinical trial changed everything. | | | | A Florida man who was pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack was sentenced to life in prison for molesting two children, prosecutors said. | | | | | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | |
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