Location

INS Temporary Detention Facility

Waves crash against chain-link barricades as INS agents corral 83 Chinese survivors from the Horizon's steel tomb, their faces gaunt under sodium lights, while 13 sheet-draped bodies chill dockside in refrigerated trucks. Salt-stung air thickens with desperation's sharp tang—whispers of trauma clash against clipboards and radio crackle, forging a humanitarian flashpoint that hurls federal machinery into overdrive, distant screams echoing into West Wing war rooms.

2 events

2 rich involvements

Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S2E8 · Shibboleth

Leo Urgently Briefed on Stowaway Crisis, Orders C.J. Alert

INS Temporary Detention Facility is pinpointed as current holding site for 83 surviving stowaways and 13 deceased from Horizon, anchoring the crisis's logistical reality in Josh's briefs to Leo and C.J., evoking frontline humanitarian tension filtering into Oval orbit.

Atmosphere

Remote and impersonal (referenced offscreen)

Functional Role

Custodial endpoint for refugee processing

Symbolic Significance

Gateway between smuggling peril and asylum adjudication

Access Restrictions

Secured federal custody zone

Waterfront proximity with chain-link barricades Refrigerated trucks for bodies

S2E8 · Shibboleth

Josh Briefs C.J. on Refugee Crisis and Toby's Prayer Fight Gambit

Josh relays to Leo and C.J. its role holding Horizon's 83 survivors plus 13 draped dead by San Diego waterfront, crystallizing humanitarian flashpoint now under INS procedural vise.

Atmosphere

Grim containment thick with desperation's aftermath

Functional Role

Provisional refugee processing hub

Symbolic Significance

Threshold between peril and asylum gauntlet

Access Restrictions

INS-controlled; federal personnel only

Waterfront proximity Sheet-shrouded bodies

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

S2E8 · Shibboleth

Leo Urgently Briefed on Stowaway Crisis, Orders C.J. Alert

Josh bursts into Leo's office with dire news of the Horizon container ship carrying 83 Chinese stowaways (13 dead en route), bodies already with INS in San Diego. Leo, correcting …

S2E8 · Shibboleth

Josh Briefs C.J. on Refugee Crisis and Toby's Prayer Fight Gambit

In Leo's office, Josh confirms details of the Horizon ship crisis to Leo—83 Chinese stowaways, 13 dead—prompting Leo to urgently order him to brief C.J. After light Thanksgiving banter underscoring …