ICE detention facility opens in western Minnesota

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Attorneys and local observers say the first immigration detainees have been transferred to a large new detention center in western Minnesota.

Attorneys and local observers say the first immigration detainees have been transferred to a large new detention center in western Minnesota.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced earlier this year that it planned to open the site this fall in Appleton, west of the Twin Cities. The facility, a former private prison, has sat vacant since 2010.

A spokesperson for the American Civil Liberties Union said attorneys there have received "credible and documented reports that at least one individual is currently being held at the facility."