Overview

DHS purchased a 470,000-square-foot warehouse at 1879 Route 46 in Roxbury, New Jersey for use as an immigrant processing center. Newly detained individuals would be held before transfer to other facilities.

Key Details

• Address: 1879 Route 46, Roxbury, NJ
• Property size: 470,000 sq ft
• Facility type: Regional processing center (one of 16)
• Function: Initial processing before transfer to detention facilities

Financial Details (More Perfect Union, April 2026)

• Purchase price: $129.3 million
• Overpayment: 137% over estimated market value (per Project Salt Box)
• Prior owner: Goldman Sachs was the former majority owner of this vacant industrial warehouse
• Goldman Sachs has extensive Trump administration ties: Gary Cohn (NEC Director, first term), Steve Mnuchin (Treasury Secretary, first term), plus second-term appointments

Legal Challenge

New Jersey Governor Sherrill, Attorney General Davenport, and Roxbury Township filed a joint lawsuit against ICE and DHS over plans to convert the warehouse into a mass detention facility.

Political Dynamics

The facility has sparked bipartisan backlash in New Jersey, described by critics as the work of “an agency out of control.” This opposition crosses party lines in a state that also faces military base detention plans at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

Sources

• ICE buys warehouse for migrant detention, Roxbury officials say — New Jersey Monitor
• Governor Sherrill, AG Davenport, Roxbury Township Sue ICE, DHS — NJ.gov
• ‘An agency out of control’: Planned ICE detention processing warehouse in Roxbury sparks bipartisan backlash — Jersey Vindicator