CONCORD — In response to recent reporting that the Department of Homeland Security is moving on from plans for an immigrant detention facility in Merrimack, Democratic candidate for Governor Cinde Warmington released the following statement:

“For weeks, Kelly Ayotte cowered in the corner office and refused to stand up to Donald Trump’s human warehouse — even as the people of Merrimack made it loud and clear they do not want this detention center in their community. Granite Staters had to take to the streets — and I was proud to join them — to get Kelly Ayotte to listen.

“Now, Kelly needs to have the guts to say what I have said from the start: NO ICE human warehouse anywhere in New Hampshire. If Kelly Ayotte and Kristi Noem are looking for a new New Hampshire location, they should stop right now.”