WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Cory Booker issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement condemning DHS' purchase of a proposed detention facility in Roxbury, NJ:
"ICE's most recent purchase of a warehouse in Roxbury to use as a detention center is an affront to the Roxbury community who resoundingly rejected the prospect of a facility weeks ago. I joined them in this call, expressing my clear and unequivocal opposition to the construction, conversion, or opening of any more immigration detention centers in New Jersey. These facilities have no place in our communities.
"ICE is acting with impunity, and the private contractors they rely o...