(GA. NEWS NETWORK)
*Georgia is set to become home to the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in the United States with a major expansion of the Folkston ICE Processing Center in Charlton County. The federal government brokered a deal with a private prison company to convert a now-defunct prison into an existing ICE facility. The AJC-dot-com reports that the refurbished facility will cost approximately 50-million dollars, while the Ledger-Enquirer-dot-com reports it could bring possibly 400 jobs, and increase the capacity to 3,000 detainees. The city of Folkston set to receive an annual payment of $600,000 per year from water and sewer services provided to the facility.
*Georgia’s Fire Safety and Insurance Commissioner, John King, has suspended his campaign to unseat U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff. King announced his decision Thursday afternoon on social media, stating that there is little path forward for his Republican bid. However, the 50-year-old politician will now focus on reelection for his current job, where he made history as Georgia’s first Hispanic statewide officeholder, elected in 2019. King was among several Republican contenders for Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s seat.
*Residents of Coffee County are opposing a proposed chicken farm, claiming it poses a threat to their health, quality of life, and potential drops in property values. Some have filed a lawsuit to halt construction. The farm, which could house up to three million chickens, would be the largest of its kind east of the Mississippi River.
*Georgia is set to become home to the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in the United States with a major expansion of the Folkston ICE Processing Center in Charlton County. The federal government brokered a deal with a private prison company to convert a now-defunct prison into an existing ICE facility. The AJC-dot-com reports that the refurbished facility will cost approximately 50-million dollars, while the Ledger-Enquirer-dot-com reports it could bring possibly 400 jobs, and increase the capacity to 3,000 detainees. The city of Folkston set to receive an annual payment of $600,000 per year from water and sewer services provided to the facility.