{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-warnock-celebrates-cancellation-of-social-circle-detention-center/", "ICYMI: Warnock Celebrates Cancellation of Social Circle Detention Center", "2026-06-24", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "Senate", "GA", "Raphael G. Warnock", "W000790", "www.warnock.senate.gov", "warnock", "https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "New reporting by the New York Times, confirmed by DHS, indicates that plans for new detention centers across the country are being abandoned\n\nTwo planned facilities in Georgia, Social Circle and Oakwood, are among those detention centers no longer being considered\n\nSenator Reverend Warnock has led efforts to block the retrofitting of warehouses that would have served as detention centers in Social Circle and Oakwood\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) welcomed reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) planned to scrap two detention centers set to house immigrants in Georgia. The plan is for DHS to sell or give away warehouses in Social Circle and Oakwood, Georgia, rather than house thousands of people in these facilities.\n\nSince plans were revealed, Senator Warnock has been a fierce proponent in the fight against these detention centers. In March, the Senator joined Social Circle leaders in voicing opposition to the Trump Administration\u2019s efforts to open an ICE detention facility that would have strained local resources with no plan for federal support to alleviate the anticipated harms.\n\nThe Senator has also led several efforts to support Social Circle\u2019s campaign against the proposed ICE facility, including sending letters to DHS and making a direct appeal to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.\n\nMore media coverage of Senator Reverend Warnock\u2019s comments below:\n\nWSB Radio: U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock called the decision a victory for the community and credited local activism with helping change the government\u2019s plans. \u201cThese things that were happening in the quiet of night, we shined a light on it, elevated it, people raised their voices and they got their victory,\u201d Warnock said.\n\nCapitol Beat: Both Ossoff and fellow Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock heralded the policy reversal in Social Circle, attributing it to their own efforts as part of a public pressure campaign. \u201cOfficials in the Trump administration got nervous because the people stood up and began to speak out,\u201d Warnock said in a call with reporters on Friday.\n\nFox 5: Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff as well as Republicans Rep. Mike Collins were part of the effort to block the protect. \u201cThe officials in the Trump/Vance got nervous. The people stood up and began to speak out,\u201d Warnock said. Warnock said, \u201cthis White House and this administration viewed Social Circle\u2019s concerns nothing more than a thorn in their side.\u201d\n\n11 Alive: \u201cThey were deeply concerned about this immigration facility,\u201d U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock told 11Alive\u2019s Grace King. \u201cThis would have taken a whole lot of opportunity off of potential tax revenue for that very small town, and it means a lot to those folks. To put it plainly, the officials in the Trump-Vance administration got nervous because the people stood up and began to speak out.\u201d\n\nUnivision: Tras la decisi\u00f3n del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) de cancelar la construcci\u00f3n de un megacentro de detenci\u00f3n para inmigrantes en Social Circle debido a la presi\u00f3n de los residentes, Raphael Warnock, senador federal por Georgia, se pronunci\u00f3, al respecto. No obstante, la incertidumbre persiste en la ciudad de Oakwood, donde los habitantes aun temen la posible edificacion de uno de estos complejos en su comunidad ante la falta de respuestas por parte de las autoridades.\n\nCBS News: Sen. Raphael Warnock called the development \u2018a victory for the people of Georgia. When we stand up and speak out, the power of the people is more powerful than the people in power,\u2019 Warnock said in a statement Friday. \u2018I was proud to elevate the concerns of the people of Social Circle and Oakwood over the past four months to pressure administration to backtrack on their dangerous plans.\u2019 Warnock said he advocated on behalf of residents despite the communities not being part of his political base. \u2018The people of Social Circle and Oakwood didn\u2019t vote for me, but I still fought for them because I was elected to serve all Georgians,\u2019 he said.\n\nUSA Today: Warnock, who tried to block the detention facilities during a funding battle in Congress and supported legislation that would require local input and approval for the construction of new detention facilities, celebrated the city\u2019s announcement Thursday.", 1, "2026-06-25T06:30:03Z", "2026-06-25T06:31:21Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-warnock-celebrates-cancellation-of-social-circle-detention-center/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.662573078647256, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}