POLITICSJun 17 · 17:41 UTCARIZONA MIRRORGloria Rebecca Gomez

Frustrated by inaction on ICE warehouse, activists move to dissolve Surprise altogether

Activists in Surprise, Arizona, filed a petition to disincorporate the city to transfer control to Maricopa County, aiming to push back against an ICE immigration detention center. The city council has refused to oppose the facility, which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to retrofit in a warehouse near a hazardous chemical storage site.

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