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Residents urge Essex County to reject any parking deal with GEO Group and to back an Immigrant Trust Act resolution
Summary
During public comment, multiple residents urged commissioners not to allow GEO Group to use county parking at the correctional facility, criticized Delaney Hall operations and asked the board to pass an Immigrant Trust Act resolution that would limit information sharing with federal immigration enforcement.
Several Essex County residents used the general public comment period to press commissioners to refuse any county agreements with GEO Group — the private prison operator running Delaney Hall — and to adopt a local resolution supporting the Immigrant Trust Act.
Mary Rizzo, a Newark resident, thanked the board for ending the county’s contract with ICE for detainees but said she learned the county may be considering letting GEO Group use parking at the county correctional facility for Delaney Hall employees. “If that is the case ... I would strongly…
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