ROXBURY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Morris County) — The Department of Homeland Security will not try to establish a mass detention center at an industrial warehouse in Roxbury Township, Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said.
“Today the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that it is backing down and will not try to establish a mass detention center at an industrial warehouse in Roxbury. This is a major victory for the State and for the township of Roxbury.
“This has never been a partisan case, because the plan to establish a detention center at the Roxbury warehouse was always unlawful. Converting a warehouse for packages into a detention center for thousands of people would not only be inhumane but also have devastating local and environmental impacts—and it would not make New Jersey any safer. That’s why we took the Department to court and forced the Trump administration to abandon its plans.”
