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What DHS said in response to reports that detention center in Oakwood may not happen
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A warehouse site along Atlanta Highway in Oakwood where the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to build a detention facility. (File photo) - photo by Scott Rogers
The Department of Homeland Security has addressed reports it doesn’t plan to pursue a planned detention center in Oakwood, saying the federal government “is moving swiftly to utilize existing detention space.”