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After Years of Protests, a New Jersey County Ends Its ICE Jail Contract

For years, the sprawling jail complex in Essex County, N.J., where hundreds of undocumented immigrants have been held under a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement while awaiting court hearings, has been at the center of a fierce debate over federal immigration policy that peaked during the Trump administration.

ICE protesters want NJ to free all inmates, not just immigrants

But a number of progressive groups were far from cheering that announcement. After months and even years protesting such ICE contracts, among the most radical advocates lamented the idea that the jail would still be housing any inmates, pointing to a recent deal for the facility to take on prisoners from Union County. “We cannot celebrate an end to an ICE contract when the Essex county officials continue to be committed to profiting off of incarcerating people,” a tweet from The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice said. “This is not what justice looks like.” There also was concern that the 164 ICE detainees being held at Essex County as of Thursday might be transferred out of state.

Police Violence Should Not Distract From Ongoing Hunger Strike, States Abolish ICE NY-NJ Coalition and Allies

Press Releases December 13, 2020, 8:13 am | in Police Violence Should Not Distract From Ongoing Hunger Strike, States Abolish ICE NY-NJ Coalition and Allies   HACKENSACK, NJ In response to police violence against advocates and community members outside the Bergen County Jail, the Abolish ICE NY-NJ coalition and allies issued the following statement:   “While police in Bergen County spent the majority of their Saturday afternoon and evening responding to peaceful protests with violence, we cannot and must not lose sight of the fact that people detained at the Bergen County Jail are nearly one month into a hunger strike. They are subjected daily to the violence of a brutal detention system and retaliation by ICE and the Bergen County Sheriff.

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