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Residents urge Roseland council to oppose rumored ICE office; borough says lease, zoning limit detention operations
Summary
Residents used public comment to urge the council to block a rumored ICE office at Becker Farm Road. Borough officials said they had no formal notice, the building owner told them the lease bars detention/processing, and Roseland zoning forbids holding centers; residents were told to raise technical concerns to the planning board.
Jane Quinn, a longtime Roseland resident, told the governing body at its Feb. 24 meeting she and neighbors are "appalled at the possibility of having ICE people in our town," and asked elected officials to "do anything in your power" to oppose a presence she said would bring "havoc" to the community.
"I'm here because I and some of my friends are appalled at the possibility of having ICE people in our town," Quinn said during the meeting's first public-comment period, asking the council to make their opposition known to higher authorities.
Robert Bridal, another resident, urged the council to resist any expansion at 5 Becker Farm Road, saying an ICE presence next to what he called a children's care center would be "unconscionable," and…
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