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Schuylkill County officials worry about ICE detention center

TREMONT, SCHUYKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — In late January, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) purchased a large warehouse in Schuylkill County for close to $120,000,000. The warehouse was most recently used as a storage facility for the retailer Big Lots. With ownership passing onto the federal government, the property is now tax-exempt, meaning nobody in [...]