Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Tuesday morning that the Department of Homeland Security is no longer planning to build an immigrant detention center in Merrimack. The federal government planned to retrofit a warehouse on Robert Milligan Parkway in Merrimack into a processing center where immigrants would be detained temporarily before being transferred to a larger detention […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte, speaking to reporters Wednesday, said her team asked the White House and the Department of Homeland Security about reports that an immigration detention center is planned for Merrimack. Ayotte said there was no confirmation that the federal government plans to open a facility there, but ultimately she “did not get an answer […]