America will have its own Gulag Archipelago. Twenty-three concentration camps will soon come online, unless, together, we can find and pull the political handbrake.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-29/us-spends-hundreds-of-millions-on-warehouses-for-ice-detention-centers

@xankarn It's worth noting that the site they're looking at here in New Hampshire is in a region with *enormous* PFAS contamination that has made the ground water toxic.

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026-02-20/ice-facility-merrimack-detention-center-nh-newhampshire-pfas-contamination-drinking-water

Proposed location for ICE facility in Merrimack sits within PFAS contamination zone

Many Merrimack residents have long faced issues with chemical pollution in their drinking water.

NHPR New Hampshire Public Radio