Complicity with Trump's deportation machine is the shame of New Jersey
Why is Essex County--a deep-blue Democratic area that's supposed to be welcoming of immigrants--funding itself by detaining immigrants for dirty ICE money?
Essex County receives upwards of $30 million annually from ICE for detaining undocumented immigrants in the Essex County Correctional Facility, like Jorge Chajon who fled gangs in Guatemala to come to the US at 13 years old. Sixteen years later, he was taken by ICE, incarcerated in Essex County jail. He spent over a year in detention, missing the birth of his child. According to data from 2017, 41% of the immigrant men held at Essex County have committed no criminal offense at all. On average, 26% of immigrants who are detained have no criminal convictions. This is absolutely unacceptable, and we need the broadest coalition possible to tell the Essex County freeholders: not in our name, and not in our county! |
Get Involved!
We have been attending the freeholders meetings since July 2018, and can always use more participation from community members voicing their opposition to their collaboration with ICE.
The freeholders schedule can be found here, and we host event pages on Facebook at NewarkProtests. |