Federal immigration officials plan to open a large detention facility in Oklahoma City capable of housing up to 1,500 people, a move that caught many local and state leaders by surprise and is now drawing sharp criticism from at least one Oklahoma lawmaker.

Little can be done to stop plans for an ICE detention center in OKC, attorneys say. Here's what the city is planning to do next.

Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.

A federal judge declined Monday to block a new federal policy limiting congressional visits to detention centers, rejecting an attempt by two Colorado lawmakers to challenge the Trump

State Sen. Cari Hicks says Oklahoma City facility could strain resources and impact nearby neighborhoods, schools.

Township council members unanimously opposed the plans that could turn the vacant building into the state's third immigrant detention facility.

This attorney's experience offers a window into the situation playing out in Minneapolis where ICE is detaining immigrants, and the dilemma facing detainees who may not understand their rights.

Central Florida officials and immigrant advocates on Monday criticized a possible new ICE detention facility here as the region sees a surge in undocumented immigrants arrests. At a press conference at Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka,