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Court reinstates permits for Genesis' Maryland DHS immigration facility
Howard County’s permits were revoked in February, after a judge ruled the county’s use of Maryland law conflicts with the Constitution’s supremacy clause.
Work to build out a Maryland immigration facility can continue after a federal court reinstated the construction permits, following Howard County’s decision to revoke them earlier this year. Bisnow reports that Genesis GSA Strategic One LLC, a Michigan-based federal contractor, had been nearly finished building the planned Department of Homeland Security facility in Elkridge. The project includes office space for DHS employees and a small area for temporary holding cells, according to the report.
The court said Genesis was likely to succeed in claims that applying Maryland state law to revoke the permits violated the Constitution’s supremacy clause, which bars local laws from superseding federal ones. The judge issued a preliminary injunction that reinstated the permits and blocked the county from enforcing the Maryland law against the facility.
The story also places the case in the context of a broader ramp up in immigration enforcement. In the first seven months of 2026, ICE arrested 238,000 people, and federal efforts to open additional detention capacity have involved turning warehouses into facilities and directing billions toward private prisons, the report says.