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Make The Road NJ July 2025 “All Out Against ICE Jails”
July 24, 2025
Community members and immigrant rights groups will attend the Union County Board of Commissioners’ Jul. 24 meeting to urge commissioners to halt potential plans to reopen the county jail as an ICE detention center. The meeting begins at 5 p.m. at 10 Elizabethtown Plaza in Elizabeth. Residents have attended previous meetings urging commissioners to oppose bids from private prison companies and reject proposals for an ICE detention center. Meeting attendees, including groups like Make the Road NJ and NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice, proposed different ways to repurpose the jail to meet community needs: a homeless shelter, mental health office, workforce development site, or educational programming space. The county must release a request for proposals, which will define the limits of the facility’s use for bidders and will require public input under state law.
From Make The Road NJ.
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