ICE Arrests Two Truckers En Route to Meta’s AI Brain Bunker, Avoids Data Center Entry
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- •On January 15, ICE arrested two dump truck drivers from Guatemala and Honduras near Meta’s Louisiana data center during a traffic stop.
- •The Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office emphasized that ICE never entered the Meta construction site amid reports of increased enforcement activity.
- •Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry supports Trump’s immigration policies while the state makes nearly $1 million monthly on ICE detainee housing.
On January 15, 2026, two dump truck drivers from Guatemala and Honduras found themselves playing an unexpected game of 'Hide and Seek: ICE Edition' near Meta’s sprawling Hyperion Data Center under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana. Despite colossal servers prepping to toast AI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement decided to arrest these drivers during routine traffic inspections outside — stressing that the federal agents never stepped foot inside the $600 billion mega-data center site. Meanwhile, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry's state earns nearly $1 million monthly housing detainees at Angola Prison, pitching it as America’s costly welcome mat. Even DHS claims this was a 'targeted operation' with no direct Meta involvement, which Meta politely declined to comment on, probably busy upgrading Zuckerberg's digital ego buffet.
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Turns out, Meta’s AI fortress can’t protect incoming dump trucks from ICE roadblocks. Who knew data centers come with border checkpoints? Next upgrade: facial recognition for dirt piles.
Meta’s data center is so giant, it literally needs its own immigration checkpoint. Silicon Valley meets immigration bureaucracy!
Nothing says ‘future of AI computing’ like ICE turning federal speed bumps into detention centers outside a massive data site.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/16/2026 | Author: Dominick Reuter,Aditi Bharade
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