In the News

This page contains relevant news coverage about the proposed ICE mega-facility in Tremont, PA, along with coverage of other proposed warehouse detention facilities.

Schuylkill County News

• In a Deep Red Town, Locals Vent Over a Planned ICE Detention Center — New York Times, Apr 9, 2026

• Show Your Work: DEP Says Orders Can't Be Modified, Asks To See Written Plans — Coal Region Canary, Apr 8, 2026

• Meuser working for DHS meeting for Schuylkill — Times News, Apr 2, 2026

• DHS Reviewing ICE Detention Center Purchases After Leadership Change — Coal Region Canary, Apr 1, 2026

• Residents Push Back on ICE Center — Times News, Mar 26, 2026

• Soggy Tremont Protest Draws Opponents, Supporters Of Proposed ICE Detention Center — Coal Region Canary, Mar 23, 2026

• ICE seeks deadline extension on water plan for Schuylkill County detention center — WNEP, Mar 23, 2026

• Schuylkill Co. residents rally against proposed ICE detention center near local daycare — CBS 21, Mar 20, 2026

• Schuylkill Co. residents rally against proposed ICE detention center near local daycare — Fox 56, Mar 20, 2026

• DHS Nominee Mullin Discusses Warehouse Detention Strategy At Senate Confirmation Hearing — Coal Region Canary, Mar 20, 2026

• ICE seeks extension on environmental reports — Times News, Mar 20, 2026

• Schuylkill to get lost tax money — Times News, Mar 19, 2026

• Meuser: DHS makes commitments to revenue, safety, public infrastructure for ICE facilities in Schuylkill, Berks counties — News Item (Shamokin), Mar 19, 2026

• ICE Has No Written Plan for Drinking Water Supply for Immigration Detention Center in Tremont Township — Coal Region Canary, Mar 19, 2026

• ICE Verbally Promises To Cover Tax Revenue Losses For Tremont Detention Center, Will Not House Children There — Coal Region Canary, Mar 18, 2026

• Tremont Area Residents Use Town Hall To Share Concerns Over ICE Detention Center Plans — Coal Region Canary, Mar 18, 2026

• Schuylkill County Officials Respond To DEP Orders On Proposed ICE Detention Center — Coal Region Canary, Mar 11, 2026

• Town Hall This Friday Aims To Present "Clear Information" On ICE Detention Center In Schuylkill County — Coal Region Canary, Mar 9, 2026

• Town hall, protest planned around Tremont ICE detention center — Pottsville Republican Herald, Mar 7, 2026

• DEP Issues Orders About Tremont Center — Times News, Mar 7, 2026

• OPINION: Reasons To Hope Our ICE Spots Will Melt — Coal Region Canary, Mar 7, 2026

• DEP Orders Halt To ICE Detention Plans In Schuylkill, Berks Counties — Coal Region Canary, Mar 6, 2026

• Pa. DEP to DHS: No detention centers until environmental regulations are met — Pottsville Republican Herald, Mar 6, 2026

• Administrative Orders Issued to DHS, Local Authorities Over Planned ICE Facility in Schuylkill County — WNEP, Mar 6, 2026

• DEP Orders Halt to Occupancy of Planned Federal Detention Warehouses in Pennsylvania — WNEP, Mar 6, 2026

• State DEP Issues Administrative Orders Over Environmental Concerns at Proposed Detention Centers in Berks, Schuylkill Counties — WFMZ, Mar 6, 2026

• Tremont Township Officials Accept Witness Role In Expected Fight Over ICE Detention Center — Coal Region Canary, Mar 5, 2026

• Commissioners pivot to infrastructure protection as Shapiro vows to block ICE facility — Pottsville Republican Herald, Mar 4, 2026

• Peaceful Protest Against ICE Warehouse Detention Center Planned for Friday in Tremont Township — Bucks County Beacon, Mar 2026

• Protest Against ICE Detention Center Planned For Tremont — Coal Region Canary, Mar 1, 2026

• Shapiro Promises "Everything In His Power" To Stop ICE In Schuylkill, Berks Counties — Coal Region Canary, Feb 26, 2026

• Schuylkill County's ICE Detention Center Could Be Operational This Spring — Coal Region Canary, Feb 25, 2026

• SCMA Hauling Water To Tremont To Meet Demand: Authority Outlines Infrastructure Constraints In Report For ICE — Coal Region Canary, Feb 22, 2026

• OPINION: DHS and ICE Keep Jerking Berks and Schuylkill Counties Around — Coal Region Canary, Feb 22, 2026

• ICE Memo Offers More Details On Plans For Tremont Township, Other Detention Facilities; Infrastructure Concerns Addressed — Coal Region Canary, Feb 20, 2026

• Hess On ICE Detention Center: "I'm Not OK With It" — Coal Region Canary, Feb 18, 2026

• Schuylkill Commissioners Asked To Consider Detainee Medical Needs, Strain On Local Resources — Coal Region Canary, Feb 15, 2026

• Shapiro Blasts ICE Detention Plans In Schuylkill, Berks Counties — Coal Region Canary, Feb 13, 2026

• Tremont Council President: "As Far As ICE Goes, We Try To Stay Out Of It." — Coal Region Canary, Feb 11, 2026

• Meuser Plans Meeting With Schuylkill, Berks, Homeland Security Officials Over ICE Detention Centers — Coal Region Canary, Feb 9, 2026

• Fetterman Shares Concerns Over Proposed ICE Detention Centers In Schuylkill, Berks Counties — Coal Region Canary, Feb 8, 2026

• Current Water, Sewer Systems Can't Handle Proposed 7,500-Bed ICE Detention Center In Schuylkill County — Coal Region Canary, Feb 5, 2026

• Commissioners: ICE detention center planned for Tremont Twp. could hold 7,500 people — Pottsville Republican Herald, Feb 4, 2026

• Commissioner: Tremont Twp. ICE Facility Will Be 7,500-Person Detention Center — Coal Region Canary, Feb 4, 2026

• Tremont Twp. Laments Loss Of Nearly 60% Of Its Property Tax Budget After Big Lots Sale To ICE — Coal Region Canary, Feb 4, 2026

• Schuylkill County Democrats Say They'll Continue To Oppose ICE Facility In Tremont Twp. — Coal Region Canary, Feb 3, 2026

• CONFIRMED: US Government Purchases Future ICE Facilities In Schuylkill, Berks Counties — Coal Region Canary, Feb 2, 2026

• County records show sale of Tremont warehouse to US Government — Pottsville Republican Herald, Feb 2, 2026

• New Report: Rumored Tremont ICE Facility Could Be One Of Nation's Biggest — Coal Region Canary, Feb 1, 2026

• Plans for ICE detention center in Schuylkill County draw angry, concerned residents to town hall — WVIA, Jan 30, 2026

• Commissioner Clarifies Public Remarks On Rumored ICE Facility In Tremont Twp. — Coal Region Canary, Jan 30, 2026

• Commissioners: No Evidence Of A "Confirmed" Deal For ICE Facility In Schuylkill County — Coal Region Canary, Jan 29, 2026

• Detention center eyed in Schuylkill — Times News, Jan 29, 2026

• Meuser Challenger To Hold Town Hall On Proposed ICE Facility In Schuylkill County — Coal Region Canary, Jan 26, 2026

• Icy ICE Protest Draws Dozens To Pottsville Tuesday — Coal Region Canary, Jan 21, 2026

• WaPo: ICE Processing Facility Proposed For Schuylkill County — Coal Region Canary, Dec 26, 2025

Berks County Facility News

• Berks commissioners discuss pause on proposed ICE facilities — WFMZ, early Apr 2026

• Shutdown may delay answers about planned ICE facility in Berks County — Berks Weekly, Apr 2026

• Berks ICE Site Has Unresolved Construction Deficiencies — Spotlight PA, Mar 2026

• ICE Warehouse Has Years of Unresolved Construction Problems, Records Show — Berks Weekly, Mar 2026

• Detention plan revives Berks County fight against ICE — Spotlight PA, Mar 26, 2026

• ICE wants to return to Berks County. The fight against it will look very different. — Berks Weekly, Mar 26, 2026

• ICE wants to return to Berks County, Pennsylvania. The fight against it will look very different. — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mar 26, 2026

• Berks Leaders Seek Safeguards on ICE Facility Impacts — Spotlight PA, Mar 2026

• 150+ Rally Against ICE Detention Center in Berks County — WHP 580, Mar 23, 2026

• Residents, officials voice concerns over proposed ICE detention facility at Upper Bern town hall — Berks Weekly, Mar 22, 2026

• Neighbors of Planned ICE Detention Center in Berks County Say Opposition Crosses Political Lines — Berks Weekly, Mar 22, 2026

• Berks officials grappling with ICE's warehouse plans — Times News, Mar 20, 2026

• DEP orders block water and sewer service for proposed DHS detention center in Upper Bern Township — Berks Weekly, Mar 6, 2026

• Commissioners and residents react to ICE purchase of Upper Bern warehouse — WFMZ, Feb 2026

• ICE warehouse purchase in Berks raises questions for local lawmakers — WFMZ, Feb 2026

• ICE purchases warehouse in Upper Bern Township — Reading Eagle, Feb 2, 2026

Statewide News (Pennsylvania)

• Pa. county jails earn millions of dollars detaining immigrants for ICE — Spotlight PA, Apr 9, 2026

• Lawmakers' stance on proposed ICE centers — Times News, Apr 6, 2026

• DHS pauses new ICE warehouse purchases in Pennsylvania amid review of Noem-era contracts — Keystone Newsroom, Apr 2, 2026

• ICE detention center expansion paused after $1B spent — Spotlight PA, Apr 1, 2026

• As Shapiro opposes ICE detention centers, his GOP opponent for Pa. governor stays vague — WITF, Mar 31, 2026

• Where do Shapiro, Fetterman, McCormick stand on proposed ICE detention centers? — Williamsport Sun-Gazette, late Mar/early Apr 2026

• ICE asks for more time to address environmental concerns around proposed Pa. detention centers — Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Mar 26, 2026

• ICE Asks for More Time to Address Environmental Concerns Around Proposed Pa. Detention Centers — WESA, Mar 26, 2026

• Pennsylvania: Proposed ICE Detention Centers 'Will Overwhelm' Existing Infrastructure — Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Mar 2026

• Trump admin bypasses public scrutiny for ICE contracts — Spotlight PA, Mar 16, 2026

• ICE told Pa. agency about warehouse plans in January — Spotlight PA, Mar 3, 2026

• Will Pa. Sue to Block ICE Detention Centers? — WESA, Mar 1, 2026

• Shapiro vows to block ICE detention centers, warns of devastating impact on local Pa. communities — Spotlight PA, Feb 26, 2026

• ICE facilities are planned for Pa. Will the Shapiro admin sue to stop them? — Spotlight PA, Feb 26, 2026

National News

• How US communities have responded to plans to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers — Philadelphia Inquirer (AP), Apr 9, 2026

• ICE detention center in Maryland faces protests and legal challenge — Spotlight PA, early Apr 2026

• Homeland Security scales back plans for Williamsport detention center — for now — Maryland Matters, early Apr 2026

• DHS pauses plans to buy warehouses for immigrant detention — NBC News, Apr 1, 2026

• ICE's Growing Detention Footprint and the Communities Fighting Back — NPR, Mar 23, 2026

• Mapping ICE's expanding footprint, and the communities fighting back — WVIA, Mar 23, 2026

• ICE's detention expansion meets resistance in communities across the political spectrum — WVIA, Mar 18, 2026

• ICE's Appalling Warehouse Scheme Draws Bipartisan Protests — Bucks County Beacon, Mar 2026

• 911 Calls Reveal Overcrowding, Medical Neglect and Death at ICE's Largest Detention Center — WVIA, Mar 10, 2026

• Trump's $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities — AP News, Mar 2026

• ICE Begins Buying 'Mega' Warehouse Detention Centers Across US — Bloomberg, Jan 29, 2026