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A third party saying they represent a federal agency has asked the city of Newport about leasing land adjacent to U.S. Coast Guard property at the city’s airport for what potentially could be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention or operations center.

If it is a detention center, it would be the first of its kind in Oregon.

Word started circulating over the weekend that the Department of Homeland Security and ICE had their eye on airport or Coast Guard property in Newport, but it was unclear where the information originated. By Monday morning, some local community and activist groups had gotten word about it and some shared Facebook posts that have since been deleted.

But t

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