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The Milwaukee School of Engineering is largely powerless to kick ICE out of a building it wanted to turn into a new academic center, according to audio of a meeting obtained by 404 Media.

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[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 25 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

It sounds like they were leasing the building from the previous owners when the university bought the building. What I don't understand is this part:

Its lease was set to expire in April, but ICE, through the General Services Administration (GSA) which handles real estate for the federal government, unilaterally extended the lease through April of next year and has the option to remain in the building through 2028, the university says.

"Unilaterally" extending a lease seems like something that shouldn't be possible. But the university says they have no legal recourse, so... 🤷

[–] Hazor@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago

My guess is the lease agreement gave GSA the option to do so, and the sales contract stipulated that the purchaser had to honor any existing lease agreements.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Also, leases can be broken. They're just contracts.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well... usually the point of a contract is that it can't just be broken. Not without some sort of penalty for the party breaking it.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

Yes, that's what happens when you break a contract, but that doesn't mean the contract just says you have to do something and you have no other options.