Article 760CJ Trump news at a glance: how small town’s fight against ICE mega jail could rewrite legal playbook

Trump news at a glance: how small town’s fight against ICE mega jail could rewrite legal playbook

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Georgia town's lawsuit against turning a warehouse into an immigration detention center could have a wide impact, experts say - key US politics stories from 31 May at a glance

Social Circle, a small town in Georgia, is complaining that a proposed ICE megacenter" would violate the state's public nuisance" law - meaning it would harm the health, safety, and wellbeing" of the town's 5,000 or so residents.

The town has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the plan, and aspects of the complaint show Social Circle is willing to pursue a new legal theory to defend their rights, to defend their town", said Adam Lauridsen, one of the plaintiff's attorneys. Social Circle is located in a county where nearly 75% voted for Trump.

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