April 2026

The Silence Around Hagerstown’s ICE Facility Is the Story
As Tuesday protests grow, organizers are demanding transparency around non-disclosure agreements signed by Washington County Commissioners tied to the…
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response, Kyle McCarthy, and Laura Spivak
Washington County Commissioners Tried to Keep the ICE Detention Center Quiet. We Put It on a Billboard.
Hagerstown Rapid Response and Washington County Indivisible partner with Indivisible.org to take the fight over a proposed ICE detention center public…
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response, Kyle McCarthy, and Laura Spivak
Hagerstown, Maryland Is the Test Case for ICE’s Next Expansion. Congress Is Finally Responding.
Rashida Tlaib introduces the Ban Warehouse Detention Act as Hagerstown exposes ICE’s expansion strategy in real time
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response and Kyle McCarthy
Washington County, Maryland, Commissioners Signed Non-Disclosure Agreements on a Secret Land Deal. Weeks Later, an ICE Facility Was Revealed
Did Washington County officials knowingly withhold critical details about DHS’ ICE detention plans from the public?
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response, Laura Spivak, and Kyle McCarthy
Today in Baltimore, We Proved This Fight Is Working
DHS went to court to defend their ICE warehouse plan and walked away with a judge openly laughing at their argument.
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response and Laura Spivak
Broad Maryland Coalition Rallies in Baltimore After Hagerstown Protest as Court Hears Lawsuit to Stop Proposed ICE Facility
As Hagerstown becomes ground zero in the fight against ICE warehouse expansion, the next battle unfolds in federal court.
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response, Laura Spivak, and Kyle McCarthy
Before Tuesday’s Riot Gear Vote, Protesters Will Mark Every ICE Death Outside the County Commissioners Meeting
Washington County Indivisible and Hagerstown Rapid Response say the protest is a warning about what detention would bring to the county’s doorstep.
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response
Rachel Maddow on Stopping the Hagerstown ICE Detention Facility: This Is the Moment to Increase Pressure, Not Reduce It
Rachel Maddow tells her audience that Hagerstown Rapid Response may be the blueprint to stop ICE camps nationwide.
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response
Don’t Be Fooled: DHS Did Not Cancel the Hagerstown ICE Detention Center
Behind the misinformation, the detention center plan remains very much in motion.
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response
Hagerstown ICE Protest Forces Commissioners to Blink and Delay Riot Gear Vote
Washington County Commissioners quickly discovered that voting on riot gear in the middle of a growing anti-ICE protest movement was not such a great…
 • Hagerstown Rapid Response
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