The Resistance Is Dismantling Trump’s $1 Billion ICE Prison Machine
Here’s how
The Trump regime bet $1.074 billion you’d look away. You didn’t. They built a machine that the resistance is taking apart.
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TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION MACHINE CRUMBLES
Last week DHS blinked. They paused all new warehouse purchases and are now reviewing every contract Kristi Noem signed.
The regime’s plan was to pack 92,000 people into ICE prisons—converting warehouses in American neighborhoods to do it.
They bought the buildings without telling anyone or asking for permission. They assumed communities would comply. They were wrong.
GOP Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi broke with the regime when DHS came for his backyard. “We cannot suddenly flood Byhalia with an influx of up to 10,000 detainees,” he said. That prison was scrapped.
Across the country owners are refusing to sell—eight purchases have fallen through. The regime spent $1.074 billion on warehouses across eight states. We’re fighting like hell to make sure none of them ever open.
THE COURTS ARE OPEN
The regime’s prison playbook was simple: buy quietly, announce fast, and dare anyone to stop them. But everywhere they tried it, the resistance was waiting.
In Romulus, Michigan, ICE bought a warehouse one mile from an elementary school—in a floodplain, with only six bathrooms planned for 500 detainees. They didn’t tell the city. Mayor Robert McCraight found out when the press called him. The city council voted unanimously to sue—and the next day Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed suit alongside them, seeking an emergency court order to block the prison entirely.
In New Mexico, the regime ran into something it didn’t plan for—the Immigrant Safety Act, a new law banning municipalities from signing ICE detention contracts starting May 20.
Otero County has been financially dependent on prison contracts with the federal government for nearly two decades—lose the contract, lose the only way to pay its debt. So the county convened a 12-minute secret meeting to lock in a five-year deal before the law could stop them.
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez took it to the state Supreme Court and called it out: “Otero County did not obtain the approval state law requires, and the agreement is invalid.” If the court rules for him, roughly 900 detainees move or go free.
THE WALLS KEEP CLOSING IN
When the regime couldn’t build new facilities, it tried to lock the doors on the ones it already had.
In Minneapolis, DHS barred clergy including Rev. Susie Hayward from entering the prison, forcing them to move their ministry across the street—on Ash Wednesday. So the church sued, and won. US District Judge Jerry Blackwell ordered DHS to immediately restore clergy access.
The regime locked the door. The church sued. The judge opened it.
THIS IS HOW CHANGE HAPPENS
This is what resistance looks like. Not just one moment. Not just one hero. It’s all of us. Together. Saying not here—not on our watch.
Every pastor who keeps coming back. Every attorney general who takes it to the Supreme Court. Every reader who shows up and helps spread the truth. Every bit of pressure matters. Everything adds up. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
The regime built a machine. We’re taking it apart—and we’re not stopping until we flip Congress, make Trump a lame duck, and hold everyone around him accountable. All because of moments like these—moments that felt small, but mattered more than anyone knew.
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Onward!
Scott
I have one question for you today.
Are you proud that the resistance has been shutting down Trump’s ICE prisons?
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This is exactly what resistance looks like when it works.
Communities, local leaders, pastors, and people like me and you all said, “not here.” And now the regime’s $1 billion prison machine is sitting there in shambles.
That’s power. Keep the pressure on.