NJ Democrats demand ICE cease plans for Roxbury detention center

The Trump administration is reportedly planning an immigrant detention center in Roxbury, a plan opposed by New Jersey’s congressional Democrats.

By: Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: January 14, 2026

Words: 565

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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New Jersey’s congressional Democrats and Roxbury residents are decrying Trump administration plans to turn a warehouse in this Morris County town into the state’s third immigration detention center.

The lawmakers called it “unconscionable” that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would consider building another migrant jail in New Jersey, even after an uprising and a detainee’s death at Delaney Hall, the Newark facility that opened last year. They urged Homeland Security Secretary Kristi …

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