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Tremont Township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, has only one stoplight, but the 300-person community is now at the center of the national immigration debate. 

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is planning to convert an old warehouse in the area into a 7,500-person detention facility. Many of Tremont’s most vocal residents are wary about whether their township can support the ICE facility. 

Some see the planned detention center as a workforce opportunity, while others fear it will only exacerbate the community’s economic and environmental problems.