The Howard County government revoked a building permit Monday that had been issued for a planned federal immigration detention facility in Elkridge, County Executive Calvin Ball announced during a news conference.
The detention center has been under construction in a former warehouse building in an office park at 6522 Meadowridge Road, according to Ball, who proposed emergency legislation late Friday to block permitting in the county for privately owned buildings to operate as detention centers.
Howard County Council Chair Opel Jones co-sponsored the emergency bill because he thinks the situation is “very disturbing.” The building is in his district.
Jones said the process for acquiring and building out the planned detention center seemed covert.
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