Department of Homeland Security plans to purchase and operate mega warehouses to use as immigration detention centers are raising concerns among lawmakers, local residents and government contractors.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement purchased a 518,000-square-foot warehouse that may become a detention facility.

The Department of Homeland Security purchased a Surprise warehouse in late January to convert into an immigration processing center, furthering speculation that the federal government plans to ramp up enforcement in the Valley.

The federal government alerted the state Division of Historical Resources of its plan as early as Jan. 9, according to documents obtained by the ACLU of New Hampshire.

Reports that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has acquired an East Side warehouse to hold detained immigrants had local Democrats burning up Tuesday, even as confirmation remained elusive.

The Department of Homeland Security and ICE have bought a warehouse near Williamsport, Md., in the wake of reports for planned immigrant detention.

The Trump administration has quietly purchased a nearly 520,000-square-foot warehouse in Berks County as it plans to convert such facilities into immigration detention centers across the U.S. The warehouse,

Those living near the Upper Bern Township property are concerned about the prospect of having an immigration jail as a neighbor.

Federal planning for an ICE reuse of a New Hampshire warehouse has begun, but local permits, contractors and construction details remain absent.