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Uproar over Surprise ICE facility prompts Gosar to demand transparency from Noem

WASHINGTON — The uproar over an immigration detention center planned for a converted warehouse in Surprise continues to mount.

More than a thousand residents turned out Tuesday during a Surprise City Council meeting to vent their concerns about the 1,500-bed facility. 

On Wednesday, Rep. Paul Gosar, a Bullhead City Republican whose district includes the site — and who loves President Donald Trump so much, he has proposed putting him on a $500 bill —  wrote a terse letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding “transparency” and coordination with a community that had received none so far. 

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