Congressman Don Davis Visits ICE Detention Facility in Georgia
Lumpkin, GA — Congressman Don Davis toured the Stewart ICE Detention Facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, on Thursday, April 24. The trip marks the third detention facility Congressman Davis has visited in 2025, following visits to Alamance County ICE Detention Facility in Graham, NC, and Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.
[Congressman Davis reviews briefing materials ahead of the tour]
During the visit, Congressman Davis received a briefing from ICE and facility administrators focused on the center’s current operations and capacity challenges. The discussion also covered medical care for detainees and how ICE is coordinating with federal and local law enforcement to process cases more efficiently. Following the brief, ICE personnel provided a tour of intake, the medical unit, and food services. The final component included first-hand conversations with medium-high and high-custody detainees about their history in the United States and their experience in ICE detention.
[Congressman Davis observing Stewart ICE Detention Center]
“I am tracing the most likely path of a detainee from eastern North Carolina. After visiting the ICE detention center in Alamance County, I traveled to the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, where detainees are transported for possible deportation,” said Congressman Don Davis. “Our immigration detention system is facing an influx, and witnessing this firsthand was essential.”
[Congressman Davis outside of the Stewart ICE Detention Facility]
Congressman Davis has made border security a top priority in his first 100 days of the 119th Congress. The first bill he introduced was H.R. 1060, the Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals (MAP) Act, bipartisan legislation designed to prevent counterfeit and fentanyl-laced drugs from entering the pharmaceutical supply chain. H.R. 1060 would require on-dose identifiers on controlled substances to ensure the authenticity of prescription and non-prescription drugs.
Congressman Davis has also co-led H.R. 1294, the Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act, legislation which would create regional command centers where U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) image technicians can review the images generated by scans. The goal is to help CBP catch more fentanyl before it enters our country by giving the Office of Field Operations much more personnel flexibility in how it staffs the ports, better train personnel who review the images of cargo coming into the U.S. and provide a foundation for better and more comprehensive AI deployment in the cargo scanning environment.
The Stewart Detention Center is a privately owned correctional facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the ICE, primarily used for housing migrants with no legal status. The facility has an estimated capacity limit of 1,752 inmates.
Congressman Don Davis serves as the vice ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee and sits on the Subcommittees on Tactical Air and Land Forces and Readiness. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1994 and is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
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