New Jersey
For more information contact Kathy O’Leary from Pax Christi NJ for more information on local actions.
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For Sandals & Silver
“Because they hand over the just for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals; they trample the heads of the destitute into the dust of the earth, and force the lowly out of the way. “ Amos 2: 6-7
Beginning with a prayer service & press conference At 10:00 am at Freedom Way (Liberty State Park), Jersey City, NJ on Wednesday February 22nd
Ending with a prayer service and distribution of ashes at the Gates of the Elizabeth Detention Center 625 Evans St., Elizabeth, NJ
Join us as we walk 12 miles from the footbridge at Ellis Island (a powerful symbol of our nation’s history of welcoming immigrants), to the barbed wire fences at the gates of the Elizabeth Detention Center. Approximately 2000 immigrants are currently being held in NJ in the Elizabeth Detention Center and local county jails. The number of immigrants being held in NJ continues to rise because there is money to be made from incarcerating people. County jails receive reimbursement from the federal government at a higher rate than it costs to house immigrant detainees and private companies like Corrections Corp of America and Community Education Centers profit from their contracts with the counties and with the federal government. Further, banks like Wells Fargo profit from their investments in these private companies.
Sponsored By IRATE & First Friends & Pax Christi NJ
co-sponsored by: AFSC Immigrant Rights Program – Newark, Wind of the Spirit
For more information, to sign up to walk, or to co-sponsor contact Kathy O’Leary 908-273-0751 kolearypcnj@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 13 December 2011 MEDIA ADVISORY
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY FREEHOLDERS MEETING TO OPPOSE IMMIGRANT DETENTION CENTER
Passions still running high over Essex County Freeholders’ decision to house immigrant detainees for profit at local jail and adjacent privately owned facility; hundreds more signatures on petition at Change.org to revoke the ICE contract to be presented; outraged citizens to attend Freeholders meeting to deliver message of “People before Profit.”
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – Outraged New Jersey residents will be participating in a second “Occupy the Freeholders” action on Wednesday December 14th at the Essex County Freeholders meeting to convey the message that Essex County Freeholders needs to put people before profit and forgo the approval of an immigration detention sub-contract that will enrich the for-profit prison operator of Delaney Hall.
The actions are being organized by members of Occupy Newark and other Occupy movements Catholic social justice group Pax Christi NJ, as well asmore than 18 human rights and religious organizations, including Middlesex County Coalition for Immigrant Rights, NJ DREAM Act Coalition, Action 21, Wind of the Spirit, IRATE & First Friendsand individuals who signed a petition on Change.org calling for a revoking of the contract between Essex County and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
WHAT: Occupy the Freeholders
WHERE: 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Room 506 Newark, NJ
WHEN: Wednesday December 14th at 7 p.m.
Human Rights Advocates Denounce Expansion of Flawed Immigration Detention System in Essex: Calling for Community Oversight, Government Accountability, a Rollback of New Contract with ICE and an End to Mandatory Detention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 26, 2011
Contacts: Amy Gottlieb, American Friends Service Committee, 917-494-6415
Karina Wilkinson, Middlesex Co. Coalition for Immigrant Rights, 310-980-0362
Event Time: Tuesday September 27th 2011 at 11am
Event Location: Lincoln Statue in front of Hall of Records (465 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) at corner of Springfield Ave. and Market St. in Newark
