{"id":223879,"date":"2026-06-20T13:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/223879\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:27:09","slug":"ice-plans-to-sell-hand-off-warehouses-in-pennsylvania-new-jersey-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/223879\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE plans to sell, hand off warehouses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, June 20, 2026 12:57PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ICE plans to sell, hand off warehouses in Pa., NJ: Report\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">Plans appear to be shifting for proposed ICE detention centers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Immigration and Customs Enforcement is no longer moving forward with plans to convert seven warehouses into detention facilities, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">That includes warehouses it bought in Berks and Morris counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ICE is expected to transfer the properties it bought for $700 million to other federal agencies or sell them outright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Supporters of the previous plan say it&#8217;s meant to help enforce the government&#8217;s immigration policies. Opponents have been closely tracking the developments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials with the agency say they are focused on removing the worst of the worst and added, &#8220;DHS is moving swiftly to utilize EXISTING detention space with our state and county partners,&#8221; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/berks\/ice-plans-to-sell-hand-off-warehouses-including-in-berks-schuylkill-report-says\/article_1d1f91b0-3188-425b-8f91-c866e97fbb80.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WFMZ reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">&#8220;Governor Shapiro came through and put the brakes on so we could see what was going on, and we&#8217;re feeling good,&#8221; said Richard Cattermole with ICE OUT UPPER BERN. &#8220;We gotta keep our eyes open.&#8221;<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, June 20, 2026 12:57PM Plans appear to be shifting for proposed ICE detention centers in Pennsylvania and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[97290,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-223879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-97290","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}