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First detainees arrive at Appleton immigrant detention center
The Appleton Detention Facility in Minnesota has begun receiving immigrant detainees, with the first arrivals observed on Monday, according to local activists. ICE confirmed the facility opened Nov. 9. The former…
ICE detention facility opens in western Minnesota
The first immigration detainees appear to have been transferred to the CoreCivic Prairie Correctional Facility in Appleton, Minnesota, according to attorneys and local observers cited by MPR News. The former prison…
Central Minnesota residents rally as detention facility nears opening
Residents in Appleton, Minnesota, have been holding weekly rallies to protest the upcoming opening of a new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. Organizers from the Prairie Alliance for Human…
ICE paid private prison firm $495M for Appleton site that had been offered to state for $75M
The federal government has faced scrutiny after paying $495 million to a private prison firm for a vacant facility in Appleton, Minnesota. Records indicate the same site had been offered to the state government for just…