De-escalation: DHS Abandons Roxbury Detention Center Plan
On June 29, the Department of Homeland Security told a federal court it will not convert the vacant Roxbury warehouse into an immigration detention center and instead plans to sell the property. The filing ends the project that had been the subject of a state and township lawsuit.
New Jersey and Roxbury argued the agency skipped required environmental reviews under federal law. The administration abandoned the plan before a judge issued a final ruling.
The warehouse cost $129.3 million and had been slated to hold up to 1,500 detainees with about 400 staff. DHS will continue using existing detention space with state and county partners, and a further status update is due to the court by July 17.
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