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“The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma announced Wednesday it has purchased the former Big Lots distribution center in Durant — a 1.24-million-square-foot warehouse that had been under informal consideration by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as a potential detention site.” https://www.projectsaltbox.com/p/choctaw-nation-buys-former-big-lots

Choctaw Nation Buys Former Big Lots Warehouse, Closing Off Oklahoma ICE Detention Site

The sale is the second time in months that a large Oklahoma warehouse pursued by ICE for detention use has instead gone to another buyer.

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@tusk81
nice !

I hope they can figure out a use for it that will benefit them and the surrounding communities.

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@EverydayMoggie

Dreaming about how I would use it: raised garden beds, library, repair shop, server room

Great development…

@tusk81 Following a great tradition. https://www.choctawnation.com/about/history/irish-connection/

Choctaw and Irish History - Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Two ancient peoples. A modern-day connection. Nothing divides the Choctaw people from the Irish except for the ocean.

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