The city of Leavenworth is suing CoreCivic to block it from reopening the detention center. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, came after the company backed out of a permitting process required under local zoning laws that would have put the ICE proposal through several rounds of scrutiny at public meetings.
City officials insist the lawsuit is about its permitting process, not Trump’s deportation agenda.
“This is not a statement on the current administration. It is not a statement on immigration at all,” Leavenworth City Manager Scott Peterson told a resident who asked about the private prison at a recent State of the City event.
But the local debate over CoreCivic’s plans has clearly been caught up in larger fights over deportations and immigration.
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