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Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Tuesday morning that the Department of Homeland Security is no longer planning to build an immigrant detention center in Merrimack. The federal government planned to retrofit a warehouse on Robert Milligan Parkway in Merrimack into a processing center where immigrants would be detained temporarily before being transferred to a larger detention […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has released a set of documents she said she received Thursday evening from the Department of Homeland Security regarding an immigrant detention center the federal government is planning for Merrimack. The U.S. government is building a network of detention centers throughout the country to hold immigrants prior to deportation, according to the […]

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This story updated on Feb. 12 at 3:30 p.m. Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, confirmed Thursday that ICE was building an immigrant detention center in Merrimack and said that the Department of Homeland Security “has worked with Gov. Ayotte” on the economic impact of the project — a claim Gov. Kelly […]

New Hampshire Natural and Cultural Resources Commissioner Sarah Stewart resigned Monday, the governor’s office announced, about a week after revelations that her department knew about a potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and apparently did not inform the governor. Gov. Kelly Ayotte said in a press release that she asked Stewart to resign. Last week, […]

Documents made public by the ACLU of New Hampshire Tuesday confirm the federal government’s plans to put a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Robert Milligan Parkway in Merrimack after weeks of confusion, controversy, and speculation. In December, The Washington Post, citing leaked documents from the Department of Homeland Security, reported that ICE is working […]