Kristi Noem scolded by Senate Republican over ICE detention center plot in his state

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) lashed out at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over an effort to build ICE detention facilities in his state.

"It has come to my attention that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is in the final stages of acquiring a warehouse facility in Byhalia, Mississippi, and intends to convert it into an ICE detention center," Wicker wrote Noem in a letter on Wednesday. "I write to express my opposition to this acquisition and the proposed detention center."

"Converting...