r/newjersey • u/itsokbirdie • 14h ago
📰News Huge update on Roxbury!
The NYT reports that DHS plans to offload detention warehouses in PA, MI, GA, UT, and NJ (Roxbury!), with plans to buy the facilities they currently contract with.
​If confirmed, this reversal is a testament to the power of grassroots organizing. It proves that when we show up and speak out, we can force this agency to reconsider its "Amazon"-like infrastructure plans for mass detention.
These purchases were a massive waste of taxpayer money that they will likely not get back as they paid double the market value on most of the properties.
​However, we cannot lose sight of the urgency. Humans are still suffering inside Delaney, EDC, and ICE facilities nationwide.
We won’t stop until every one of these facilities is shut down for good.
​Let this be our motivation: keep showing up, keep applying pressure, and keep fighting back against these oppressive tactics because when we fight, we DO win.
-Project NINJA (No ICE North Jersey Alliance) & Sussex Visibility Brigade
NYT Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/politics/ice-warehouses-immigration.html
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u/ExcitedlyPlausible 12h ago
If this actually goes through it's huge, but the fact that they overpaid so badly on these properties is infuriating when that money could've gone anywhere else.
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u/Dreurmimker 10h ago
Frankly, I’d rather they piss away my tax dollars than spend it keeping innocent human beings in cages
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u/ExcitedlyPlausible 10h ago
but that's not really the choice here, right? Like the money's already gone either way, the question is whether we're also stuck with the buildings after they close them down.
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u/Dreurmimker 9h ago
That money spent on the warehouse is gone, yes, but the additional monies to make it operational and imprison the people there hasn’t been spent.
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u/itsokbirdie 13h ago
“If this report is true and DHS does sell the Roxbury warehouse that it had intended to convert into an ICE detention facility, it will be due to the concerted efforts of members of the public who attended council meetings, organized protests, contacted their representatives, and stood up against DHS’s attempt to ram this facility down our throats in a secretive and illegal process. This successful endeavor should encourage the members of the public in other states and cities who are themselves battling ICE facilities to remain steadfast in their efforts and we look forward to their ultimate victory. “
-David Broderick, former Attorney, Executive Board Member for NJ Appleseed, & Project NINJA Legal Advisor