Top Hudson County officials signal openness to ending contract with ICE
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Graciela Barreto,43, of Union City, played guitar/sang, at the "New Labor" group immigrant & detainee right protest at the Hudson County Jail on May 9, 2010. Michael T. Dempsey / The Jersey Journal EJAEJA
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Two top Hudson County officials have signaled their openness to ending a contract with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a sign of gathering momentum behind the push to end the controversial deal.
In an interview Wednesday, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said that, “under certain circumstances,” he is open to the prospect of exiting the contract, under which ICE pays the county $120 per person per day to house detainees at the Hudson County jail in Kearny.