Senator Kim’s Statement on Reports of Possible Activity at Proposed Roxbury Detention Center

Roxbury, N.J. – Today, Senator Kim (D-NJ) released the following statement regarding reports of possible activity at the proposed ICE detention center in Roxbury:

"I spoke with Roxbury Mayor Shawn Potillo about the latest news about the proposed ICE detention center in his town. Our conversation concerned a recent news report that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may have signed a contract with a vendor to renovate or retrofit the facility.

“My office has filed an official inquiry for DHS to explain these reports, and we are pressing for an urgent response. But let's be clear: If the news story is true, the contract would go against everything Mayor Potillo and many of us have been fighting for over the past many months, namely, to keep ICE out of Roxbury. The Mayor and I have worked together in close partnership towards this goal of stopping the proposed detention center, and his team has been critical to this end, including filing a lawsuit against ICE. We are strongest when we work together, and I will continue to work alongside the mayor, the township, and the people who stand united against ICE’s unilateral actions.”

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