Walton County’s Social Circle and Hall County’s Oakwood. “The people of Georgia want secure borders; they do not want massive immigration detention centers in their backyards,” Warnock said. “If the Trump administration focused on getting violent criminals out of the country, we would not need new detention centers straining Georgia’s rural communities. That’s why I’m standing with the residents of Social Circle and Oakwood and fighting to block these detention facilities from towns that don’t want them.” The amendment also stipulates any detention centers built must comply with environmental laws and inspection requirements. Democrats and the White House are currently locked in a battle over proposed ICE restrictions in the wake of two deadly immigration enforcement-related shootings in Minneapolis. The current funding package expires on Friday, and if no resolution is reached, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security could enter a temporary shutdown. MORE COVERAGE: Homeland Security shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stall On Sunday, the city of Social Circle said Homeland Security informed it of its purchase of a facility to detain immigran

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