Booker Visits Morristown and Roxbury, Condemns ICE as ‘Out of Control’ and Opposes Opening of Any New ICE Detention Centers in NJ

MORRISTOWN, N.J. - This afternoon, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) traveled to Morris County, NJ. He toured the site of a proposed ICE detention facility in Roxbury and met with local leaders in Morristown to discuss an ICE raid at a local laundromat earlier this month in which multiple Morristown residents and a high school student were detained.

"What I saw in Roxbury, and what I heard in Morristown this afternoon from local leaders is truly heartbreaking. DHS and ICE have come into our communities-towns and cities that pride themselves on the strength of their diversity-and sowed immense fear and distrust. In Roxbury, they're having to contend with the possibility that a local warehouse will be repurposed into an ICE detention center. In Morristown, the community is grappling with an ICE action that resulted in the detention of some of their neighbors. Students are now too scared to go to school; local businesses are hurting; and local institutions-our community centers and houses of worship-are seeing steep drop-offs in attendance. DHS and ICE are out of control. A reformed immigration system, built on dignity and justice, is possible. However, an ICE detention center--whether in Roxbury or anywhere else--won't bring us closer to that goal, nor will haphazard, indiscriminate ICE actions that target our immigrant neighbors," said Senator Booker.

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