Merrimack Timeline and Key Media Coverage
🗓️-12/24/25-WAPO article leak with cities - https://archive.ph/LjyiL#selection-257.0-260.0
🗓️-12/26/25-No ICE NH coalition created
🗓️-1/1/26-By this date the coalition grew to 29 orgs in NH
🗓️-1/8/26-Protest outside MMK Town Hall (~1,200 attendees)
WMUR - https://www.wmur.com/article/crowd-protest-ice-facility-merrimack-010826/69950356
NBC Boston - https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/protesters-to-rally-against-planned-ice-facility-in-merrimack-nh/3874229/
🗓️-1/13/26-Leak with addresses (note: Some of the cities on this list were not in the original leak)🗓️-1/14/26-Begin coordinating and plugging into cross-state networks
🗓️-1/23/26-Town of Merrimack sends letter to DHS https://www.merrimacknh.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif3456/f/news/260123_town_council_letter_to_dhs_re_ice_processing_center_-_signed.pdf
🗓️-1/26/26—Rachel Maddow (Merrimack starts at 3:17) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLWyMlZexKY
🗓️-1/28/26-NH Congressional delegation letter to DHS requesting response to Town of Merrimack - https://www.merrimacknh.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif3456/f/news/01.28.2026_nh_codel_letter_to_dhs_secretary_noem_re_merrimack_town_council_opposition_to_proposed_ice_facility.pdf
🗓️-2/2/26-DHS response to Town of Merrimack - https://www.merrimacknh.gov/
🗓️-2/3/26-Boston Globe article
🗓️-2/3/26-ACLU NH press release confirming detention center - https://www.aclu-nh.org/press-releases/aclu-nh-unveils-state-documents-confirming-ices-detailed-site-plans-for-a-merrimack-detention-facility/
🗓️-2/5/26 - OpEd by State Rep Wendy Thomas of Merrimack - https://www.concordmonitor.com/2026/02/05/my-turn-governor-ignorance-ice-plan/
🗓️-2/12/26 -InDepth New Hampshire: ICE Director: DHS Has Worked with Governor on Merrimack Facility. Ayotte: That’s Not True
🗓️-2/13/26 - WMUR: Hours after ICE claimed it had already sent Ayotte docs on Merrimack, report arrives with Oklahoma, sales tax references