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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the former Baldwin prison is "set to start accepting detainees."
Four detainees have escaped from a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey, which has been the center of protests since its opening in May and where both a sitting congresswoman and Newark’s mayor have been arrested.
Moshannon Valley Processing Center, a large ICE detention facility in west-central Pennsylvania, has drawn many civil rights complaints.
The indictment charges McIver with "forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers," New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said.
A 19-year-old University of Utah student was detained by immigration agents last week while traveling in Colorado and is now being held at an immigration center there.