First ICE Vehicles Arrive at Williamsport Detention Warehouse

Photos obtained by Project Salt Box show 53 unmarked government trucks and SUVs staged behind the newly-purchased facility.

Unmarked government vehicles, mostly SUVs and trucks, parked behind the warehouse at 16220 Wright Road in Williamsport overnight. Photo via Hagerstown Rapid Response

Updated March 1, 1:54 p.m. E.T.

In an emailed statement, Rep. April McClain Delaney (D-Md.) said she is closely tracking ICE movements in Maryland and coordinating with Gov. Wes Moore, the Maryland Attorney General, and the state's U.S. senators “to ensure a unified and immediate response.” McClain Delaney added that ICE has “misled or lied or concealed critical information,” citing the agency's decision to announce a public comment period on the environmental impacts of the Williamsport facility late on a Friday. “Maryland deserves transparency, dignity, and the rule of law — they do not want a rogue force killing and detaining innocent people,” she said.

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Fifty-three unmarked government vehicles were delivered overnight to a Department of Homeland Security warehouse in Williamsport, Md., according to photos obtained by Project Salt Box from Hagerstown Rapid Response.

More vehicles are expected to arrive from Minnesota in the coming days, according to a source familiar with the operation.

“Government vehicles are already pulling into the DHS warehouse while our community is still being denied straight answers,” said Patrick Dattilio, an organizer with Hagerstown Rapid Response. “That tells you everything — this was never about transparency, it was about pushing this operation forward before residents could stop it.”

The photos show mostly SUVs and trucks parked behind the facility at 16220 Wright Road, also recorded on ICE documents under the address 10900 Hopewell Road, which is being converted into a detention center capable of holding up to 1,500 people. The Department of Homeland Security purchased the warehouse — situated at a major exchange between Interstates 70 and 81 in Western Maryland — in mid-January.

A window sticker visible on one truck shows the federal government paid $64,470 for a single 2026 Chevrolet Tahoe, purchased through the General Services Administration, the federal government’s procurement arm.

The deliveries are the first confirmation that a vehicle transfer from Minneapolis is underway, as Project Salt Box reported Saturday.

Local advocates had spent weeks warning the community that a federal buildup was coming. Hagerstown Rapid Response, a community organization opposing the facility, launched a Change.org petition calling on Washington County leadership to halt the project and demanding public transparency and accountability over what the group calls “a major enforcement hub.” In an update posted Sunday, the group said residents had attended county commissioners meetings, organized publicly, and repeatedly requested transparency — only to be ignored.

“When federal enforcement vehicles begin lining the warehouse lot, it sends a clear message about what's taking shape in our community,” said Claire Connor, an organizer with Hagerstown Rapid Response.

In Baltimore, roughly 90 unmarked vehicles that had been staged at the Centerpoint Parking garage at 310 West Baltimore Street were transported overnight to an undisclosed location outside the city, according to multiple sources who provided photographs to Project Salt Box.