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ICE’s Secret Warehouse Purchases in Socorro, Texas: A Legal Emergency for Border Communities When Federal Secrecy Endangers El Paso Families The three hulking warehouses now owned by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Socorro, Texas didn’t appear overnight—but they might as well have. Mayor Rudy Cruz Jr. first heard about the $122.8 million purchase through rumors, not official channels. “Nobody from the federal government bothered to pick up the phone or even send us any type of correspondence letting us know what’s about to take place,” Cruz told reporters. His frustration is understandable. In a bedroom community of 40,000 people where orchards and irrigation ditches share the landscape with strip malls, truck stops, and distribution warehouses, the sudden appearance of an 826,000-square-foot detention facility—large enough to hold 4½ Walmart Supercenters—isn’t just surprising. It’s a legal emergency. This isn’t just happening in Socorro. Across the country, at least 20 communities have become stealth targets for ICE’s $45 billion detention center expansion. In Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Maryland, and Texas, mayors, county commissioners, and governors are learning about ICE’s ambitions only after the agency has already inked deals. The pattern is clear: secrecy first, consequences later. And in Socorro, those consequences could…