MARANA, Ariz. — Hundreds filled Coyote Trail Elementary School on Thursday night, driven by concerns over a potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility at the former Arizona State Prison in Marana. The prison was purchased by former owner Management and Training Corporation (MTC) this summer for $15 million.

The meeting was marked by strong anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sentiment. Local panelists fielded an outpouring of questions from the community about the prospect of an immigration detention facility in the area, while also sounding off against the possibility.

"This place will become a part of a larger system, a larger agenda," Noah Schramm, with the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, said. "I'm not sure anyone up here knows how far that ag

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