Construction is paused for a planned facility near Gilroy that many local officials suspect may be used as a detention center by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced over the weekend.

A judge with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered ICE to halt construction on the site at 7240 Holsclaw Road in unincorporated Santa Clara County, granting a preliminary injunction late Friday as part of a lawsuit filed by the state and county challenging the legality of the construction.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.