County Fight
Litigation
Roxbury NJ — Governor, AG, and Township Sue to Block ICE Processing Center
Morris, NJ
Current status: Ongoing litigation. Governor Murphy, AG Platkin, and Roxbury Township filed suit. No Ice North Jersey Alliance (Project NINJA) organized 1,500+ community members.
ICE purchased a 470,000 sq ft warehouse in Roxbury Township, Morris County (see roxbury-nj-warehouse). The Governor, Attorney General, and Township all filed suit to block the conversion. Community group No Ice North Jersey Alliance (Project NINJA) grew to 1,500+ members on email list and 700 on Facebook.
What Makes This Fight Different
Roxbury has the broadest coalition of legal opposition of any facility fight: state governor + state AG + local township government all filing suit, backed by a large organized community group. This is the model of unified multi-level opposition.
Sources
This research is published at The RAMM — investigative reporting on the detention pipeline.