NJ, Roxbury sue Trump administration to halt new ICE facility

The Roxbury warehouse slated for a new ICE detention center is “a logistics center fit for Amazon Prime packages, not people,” the new lawsuit says.

By: Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 996

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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New Jersey and Roxbury officials are suing the federal government to stop the Trump administration from converting a massive warehouse in the Morris County town into a large-scale immigration detention center that could open as early as June.

The 67-page complaint filed Friday in federal court accuses the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement of violating four federal laws in their rush to purchase and convert the …

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