Protesters rallied at the corner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. avenues in Southeast D.C. Saturday, opposed to a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters planned for the St. Elizabeths campus, as previously reported by º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ's news partner Federal News Network.
Protesters gather to speak out against a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters planned for the St. Elizabeths campus.
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Protesters rallied at the corner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. avenues in Southeast D.C. Saturday to rally against a possible ICE headquarters planned for the St. Elizabeths campus.
(º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ/Anna-Lysa Gayle)
º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ/Anna-Lysa Gayle
Protesters gather to speak out against a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters planned for the St. Elizabeths campus.
(º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ/Anna-Lysa Gayle)
º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ/Anna-Lysa Gayle
Protesters rallied at the corner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. avenues in Southeast D.C. Saturday to rally against a possible ICE headquarters planned for the St. Elizabeths campus.
(º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ/Anna-Lysa Gayle)
º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ/Anna-Lysa Gayle
Protesters rallied at the corner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. avenues in Southeast D.C. Saturday to rally against a possible ICE facility planned for the St. Elizabeths campus.
(º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ/Anna-Lysa Gayle)
Protesters rallied at the corner of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. avenues in Southeast D.C. Saturday, opposed to a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters planned for the St. Elizabeths campus, as previously reported by º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ’s news partner Federal News Network.
“, there was one scheduled to be built,” ANC Commissioner Salim Adofo told the protesters.
Adofo told º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ the community is still waiting for more details on the facility, .
“We haven’t found any information since then, saying that it would not be built,” he said.
Plans for the St. Elizabeths redevelopment include a high‑security Department of Homeland Security campus designed to unify its operations, according to . Clark Construction said is scheduled for completion in 2027.
Editors note: º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ contacted the Department of Homeland Security, the General Services Administration, and the office of Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton for updates on the plans but did not receive a response before publication.
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Anna-Lysa Gayle is an award-winning reporter and anchor, with five Emmy awards and more. Before joining º£½Ç¾«Æ·ºÚÁÏ, she spent nearly a decade as a TV news reporter for ABC and CBS news affiliates.