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‘For this targeted group … speech is no longer free’
ACLU-NJ seeks dismissal of lawsuit against ICE protesters ×
According to the ACLU-NJ, protesters of the renewal of the county s contract with ICE to house detainees have had their First Amendment rights violated.
Freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble are at the center of a new brief filed by the ACLU-NJ on behalf of protesters who were issued temporary restraining orders and arrested after protesting outside Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise’s home last year.
According to the ACLU-NJ court filing, Hudson County officials violated the First Amendment rights of protesters when it used “draconian measures,” including arrests to silence opponents of the county’s renewal of its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house detainees at the Hudson County Correctional Center.
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Hudson County Freeholders abruptly exit public meeting, as fight with anti-ICE activists escalates
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
Protesters hold up a banner outside the a fundraiser for Freeholder Anthony Romano at the Malibu Diner in Hoboken on Dec. 1, 2020.Julian Leshay | For The Jersey Journal
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The fight between the Hudson County Freeholders and anti-ICE activists continues to escalate after four freeholders walked out of Tuesday’s public meeting.
Freeholder Anthony Vainieri, Caridad Rodriguez, Jerry Walker and Anthony Romano left in the middle of the meeting as speakers during the public comment portion continued to scold them for voting in favor of a 10-year contract that will allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to continue jailing immigrant detainees at Hudson County Jail.
Hudson County View
The Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders ended abruptly after just over an hour yesterday after four electeds left the meeting, opting not to listen to objections to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contract for the fourth session in a row.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
The meeting, which started around 1 p.m., came to a close around roughly 2:15 p.m. – a far cry from the 12-and-a-half hour meeting last month where the ICE contract was renewed for up to a decade.
As usual, the freeholders moved through their agenda items swiftly and public comment began around 40 minutes, led by Jersey City resident Katia Oltmann.
ACLU calls Hudson County exec’s restraining order ‘extraordinary.’ It wasn’t meant in a good way.
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
An ACLU attorney called the temporary restraining order filed against protesters by the Hudson County executive and five freeholders “heavy-handed” and an “extraordinary” action Tuesday after asking the court to expedite the case.
The TRO was filed by Tom DeGise on behalf of himself and Freeholders Anthony Vainieri, Tony Romano, Albert Cifelli, Kenny Kopacz and Caridad Rodriguez after a group began protesting nightly in front of his Jersey City home over the recently approved county contract with the federal Immigration, Customs and Enforcement to detain illegal immigrants at the Hudson County jail.
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