ICE allegedly used Roxbury warehouse as detention site despite court order
Neighbors in Dover say ICE transported detainees to a warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey, a location that a court has barred from being converted into a detention center.
On the morning of September 4, ICE agents conducted a raid in Dover, New Jersey, and escorted detainees to a warehouse in Roxbury, a site that courts have ordered not to be converted into a detention center pending environmental review. Residents observed multiple law-enforcement vehicles and later shared video showing masked agents and a detained individual who identified his father among those taken. A government contractor, speaking anonymously, alleged that Stephen Miller urged the use of harsh facilities, a claim the White House denied as false.
DHS has not responded to specific questions about the warehouse’s use, though it maintains that it follows strict detention standards. State Attorney General offices are reportedly reviewing the allegations, and local activists demand congressional oversight and a probe into possible violations of the court order.
Why it matters
The alleged use of a legally prohibited site for detention raises concerns about government compliance with court orders and immigrant rights.
How this story developed
- Aug 13 San Antonio immigrants live in constant fear as ICE arrests surge
- Sep 1 ICE carried out a raid in Memphis that arrested more than 100 people, the largest raid in the city’s history.
- Sep 11 A judge dismissed the deportation case against the Andhra Pradesh woman, yet ICE continued to require her reporting.
- Sep 17 ICE agent Christian Castro turned himself in to Minnesota authorities on a warrant for assault after shooting a Venezuelan man, and faces both state and federal charges.
- Sep 18 Castro entered a not‑guilty plea to the federal false‑statement charges.
- Sep 20 A man was wounded after being shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in North Austin, Texas, and taken to a local hospital.
- Sep 27 A federal judge scheduled a personal appearance for the man on September 30 and issued a temporary order halting his deportation.
- Sep 29 The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Justice Department’s emergency request, letting the Trump administration continue deporting migrants to third countries while the policy’s legality is examined.
- Sep 30 Supreme Court issued an emergency order allowing third‑country deportations to continue.
- Sep 30 An immigration judge ruled that Salah Sarsour, head of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, can be deported on national-security grounds despite his claim that the case targets his Palestinian-rights advocacy.
- Sep 30 The Justice Department lodged complaints with the 8th Circuit alleging that Minnesota federal judges made partisan statements about a Trump-era deportation surge.
- Oct 1 A federal indictment charging Garces Perez with assault was filed.
- Oct 3 The filing requests that the judges be barred from hearing Department of Homeland Security cases.
- Oct 3 A Chicago immigration judge allowed a possible deportation of Salah Sarsour.
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