Grant Blankenship
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The warehouse in the city of Social Circle was slated to detain as many as 10,000 people, tripling the city's population.
The city said its water and sewer infrastructure couldn't support that.
Now the Georgia District's Republican congressman tells the city the plan for their warehouse is dead.
Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock also worked with the city to oppose the plan and credits popular resistance for the outcome.
It's clear to me now that this White House and this administration viewed social circles' concerns as nothing more than a thorn in their side.
Warnock says he's yet to confirm reports that DHS is selling almost all the ICE warehouses.
For NPR News, I'm Grant Blankenship.
Yeah, that's right. It heads to Plains. And downtown there in Plains, people are going to be lining the street to watch the procession. From there, it's going to go to the family farm where Carter grew up a few miles away and then pause. And there, the farm bell will toll 39 times.
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, here in the South, family farms typically had an iron bell. My grandmother had one. She used to let me ring to call everybody in to eat when the whole family was together. You know, on a farm, the bell was the signal that work was done and it was time to come home. So who will be part of this procession?
So, you know, there'll be members of the Carter family in the motorcade. There will be people Carter brought from planes to the White House. There'll be old friends. They're going to drive for like five hours before arriving later in Atlanta. And it's pretty cold this morning. People are expected to line the roads in some of the towns that they pass through.
Yeah, absolutely. I spoke to Ben Gray. He's a longtime Georgia photojournalist. He's been tapped by the Carter family to document every piece of the activity here in Georgia, and he'll be in the procession the whole way.
And you know that afterwards was really his work at the Carter Center in Atlanta where he will lie in repose until Tuesday. And what happens then? Well, so then his body will be flown to Washington, D.C. for a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol where he'll lie in state until Thursday.
And then there'll be an official state funeral attended by President Biden, members of Congress, as well as President-elect Donald Trump. But this will all circle back where Carter's life began, back to Plains, with a family ceremony Thursday evening at Carter's home church, Maranatha Baptist.
That's where photographer Ben Gray says he's going to be most attuned to capturing those important moments.
And then Thursday evening, Carter will be laid to rest at his home in Plains next to his wife, Rosalyn.
Yeah, thank you so much for having me. I appreciate it.
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