Small Tennessee town divided over new ICE detention facility: "I don't want my neighbors to go to work out there"

nation • 8/27/2025

The town leaders of Mason, Tennessee, voted to reopen a shuttered private prison and turn it into an ICE detention center.

Mason, Tennessee — The small West Tennessee town of Mason, just 2 square miles in size, is home to about 1,000 people. But its residents are now divided by what a new immigration detention facility will mean for the area. Shannon Whitfield has lived ... [3040 chars]