NJ Town Fights ICE Facility at Warehouse Sold by Goldman Sachs

In Roxbury, New Jersey, a suburban township about 40 miles west of New York City, the mayor and the entire town council are Republicans.

Yet the community is locked in a bitter fight against one of President Donald Trump’s signature immigration initiatives: the administration’s plan to convert a warehouse there into a federal detention center.

Last month, the Department of Homeland Security paid roughly $129 million to acquire the 470,000‑square‑foot building from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and real estate investment management firm Dalfen Industrial. Federal officials intend to transform the site into a facility capable of holding as many ...