Ayotte releases DHS documents on proposed Merrimack ICE site

Gov. Kelly Ayotte has long denied knowing anything about Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan for a detention facility in Merrimack. But at a U.S. Senate hearing Thursday, ICE director Todd Lyons told New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan his agency had been in contact with the governor. Thursday night, Ayotte released an additional statement that she now has documents on the facility from the Department of Homeland Security. These updates come after other communication gaps within Ayotte’s administration about the facility. We discuss these stories and more on this week’s edition of the NH News Recap with reporter William Skipworth at the New Hampshire Bulletin and NHPR's Annmarie Timmins.