Trump news at a glance: how small town’s fight against ICE mega jail could rewrite legal playbook

Georgia town’s lawsuit against turning a warehouse into an immigration detention center could have a wide impact, experts say – key US politics stories from 31 May at a glance Social Circle, a small town in Georgia, is complaining that a proposed ICE “megacenter” would violate the state’s “public nuisance” law – meaning it would harm the “health, safety, and wellbeing” of the town’s 5,000 or so residents. The town has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the plan, and aspects of the complaint show Social Circle “is willing to pursue a new legal theory to defend their rights, to defend their town”, said Adam Lauridsen, one of the plaintiff’s attorneys. Social Circle is located in a county where nearly 75% voted for Trump. Eric Taylor, city manager for Social Circle, told the Guardian “we went the route we had to go”, given that the proposed plans for his town would triple the local population, putting strains on drinking water and sewage, as well as on local police and ambulances. The complaint goes further than other similar recently filed lawsuits, alleging that the homeland security department and ICE have violated the federal Administrative Procedu