ICE facility opens in Appleton, Minn. to ‘carry out mass deportation mandate’

The Department of Homeland Security says Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun operating a detention facility in a former prison in Appleton, Minnesota. The centre, run by CoreCivic, has capacity for 1,600 detainees and had been vacant since 2010. The company sold the property to the federal government earlier this year for $495.6 million. DHS said the facility will expand federal immigration enforcement operations.