Development Of California ICE Facility Paused As Federal Judge Questions NEPA Review

( September 28, 2026, 10:54 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge ordered the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), other federal agencies and a private real estate entity to “pause construction, demolition, and development activities” for a planned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Santa Clara County after preliminarily finding that a categorical exclusion from a more detailed National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental review may have been improperly invoked....