Breaking News — DHS Ordered to Temporarily Halt Construction Work on ICE Warehouse

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Breaking News

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown issued a statement today, after the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ordered a temporary halt to construction work on the warehouse being converted into an ICE Detention Facility here in Washington County.

This comes after the emergency motion Brown filed against DHS and ICE on March 10.

Here's the full statement:

BALTIMORE, MD – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) immediately pausing any construction or retrofitting of a warehouse near Williamsport, Maryland, that the Trump administration is attempting to convert into a mass immigration detention facility.

“Today a federal court handed Maryland a critical victory, stopping construction that threatened our waterways, endangered species, and communities before irreversible harm could be done. Though temporary, this ruling stops the construction of this massive immigration detention center while our lawsuit continues to play out in court. We will not let DHS and ICE rush through the proper legal process in their haste to ramp up deportations. We will keep fighting to make sure the law is followed and Marylanders are protected.”

On February 23, 2026, Attorney General Brown filed a lawsuit against DHS and ICE challenging the purchase and planned conversion of a warehouse near Williamsport, Maryland in violation of federal administrative and environmental law. On March 10, 2026, Attorney General Brown filed an emergency motion asking the court to immediately pause construction for up to 14 days while the court considers the State’s broader legal challenge. Today, the Court granted the emergency motion.

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