"I've spent my life working in affordable housing, so I know a thing or two about NIMBYs, and so this might be the first time that I actually am one. Not in my backyard, not here, not anywhere in New Jersey, not anywhere in the United States of America."
"The Department of Homeland Security paid $129.3 million for the property in a deal that closed just over a week ago, according to records filed with the Morris County Clerk Office. The price tag was more than double the amount of the latest property assessment."
"They argued the site, which would house up to 1,500 detainees, was not fit for a detention facility given limited water and sewer infrastructure and because local services were not structured to absorb the demands such a facility would impose."
"Gothamist reported Saturday that the site could run afoul of a state law that limits development in the area, due to its location in a watershed that serves close to a million New Jersey residents."
Hundreds of residents gathered in Roxbury, New Jersey to protest a federal immigration detention facility planned for their township. The Department of Homeland Security purchased the property for $129.3 million, more than double its assessed value. Opposition crosses partisan lines, with the all-Republican township council unanimously voting against the facility. Residents and officials cite insufficient water and sewer infrastructure, inability of local services to handle demands, and potential violations of state watershed protection laws. The facility would house up to 1,500 detainees. Progressive Democrats led Saturday's protest, opposing the Trump administration's deportation efforts, while some residents acknowledged their NIMBY stance despite prior affordable housing advocacy.
#immigration-detention-facility #community-opposition #infrastructure-concerns #watershed-protection #bipartisan-resistance
Read at Gothamist
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]