I applaud the efforts of the City of San Antonio in taking legal action against the proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility on the city’s east side, as the federal government has refused to supply information and repeatedly ignored compliance with obtaining environmental assessments or receiving local permits. The 640,000 square-foot warehouse could contain as many as 1,500 beds and has elicited concerns that it will negatively impact the city’s sewage and water systems, along with raising concerns for the impacts on the public health, safety, and the provision of emergency services. The proposed facility has also elicited public protests in addition to this recent lawsuit. As the city states in its civil complaint against the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, the warehouse was designed for the storage and transloading of commercial goods – not for any human residence. “Defendants are purchasing warehouses nationwide to retrofit them into immigrati...