Today, Congresswoman April McClain Delaney posted the following statement:

"We have now confirmed the facility ICE purchased in Washington County. According to the county's circuit court records, the address is: 16220 Wright Road, Williamsport, MD, 21795.

"ICE's covert acquisition of a warehouse in historic Williamsport - carried out without transparency, community input, or accountability - is unacceptable. I am in contact with the Governor's office and Team Maryland's Congressional Delegation and local leaders to demand answers from the Department of Homeland Security. Let me be clear: planning a detention facility behind closed doors is not governance - it is intimidation. For DHS to make such egregious plans in the cloak of darkness is yet another example of a lawless agency hellbent on harassing, assaulting, and killing our neighbors.

"Last week, I stood alongside hundreds of residents across Western Maryland to deliver a clear message to the Trump Administration: we do not want this facility in our backyard. Our communities will not be steamrolled, and our neighbors will not be targeted in silence. We will organize. We will show up. We will speak out. We will sue. And we will not stop fighting - together - until this proposal is stopped and our community is respected."

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Congresswoman April McClain Delaney was elected in 2024 to serve Maryland's 6th Congressional District, which encompasses all or part of Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, Allegany and Garrett Counties. In Congress, McClain Delaney is focused on improving US competitiveness and innovation, protecting our natural environment and championing policies that represent the values and priorities of Maryland's 6th District.