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Resident group raises sewer, environmental and safety concerns about proposed ICE facility in Roxbury; county says it has not been contacted
Summary
William Angus, representing the No ICE Northern Jersey Alliance, told the Morris County commissioners the site of a proposed ICE detention center in Roxbury lacks adequate sewer capacity and raises environmental concerns; Director Shaw replied that Route 46 is a state highway and that the county had not been contacted by federal agencies about the proposal.
William Angus, founder and lead coordinator of the No ICE Northern Jersey Alliance, used the public-comment period at the Morris County Board of County Commissioners’ Feb. 11 meeting to oppose a proposed ICE detention facility at an unused warehouse in Roxbury.
Angus told commissioners the warehouse is on Route 46 and that an engineer’s sewer study has rated the…
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