Overview
- Controller Mark Pinsley demanded immediate payment of roughly $115,000 and called for ICE/HSI to vacate county-owned space in Allentown.
- County records show no rent was received after HSI moved in under a 2022 memorandum of agreement, and the formal lease was never executed due to an authority dispute.
- Emails reviewed by reporters show an ICE realty specialist acknowledged no payments and said funds would be issued only once a lease is signed.
- Pinsley urged commissioners to halt negotiations, including a proposed renewal through 2029, and to pursue eviction and potential late fees of about $7,600.
- DHS and ICE offered no immediate public response, the board has not acted, and the county says taxpayers have covered utilities while HSI worked from the site with local law enforcement.