Hudson County, Islamic council, marking end of Ramadan with another walk-up vaccination clinic
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“With the COVID-19 vaccine now widely accessible throughout the country, Hudson County has spent the past several weeks identifying innovative ways to get this lifesaving vaccine into the arms of our residents,” Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said in a statement.
“By building partnerships like what we have done with The Islamic Council of Hudson County and bringing the vaccination directly into our communities, we continue to take the necessary steps forward to end this pandemic.”
The clinic is timed to coincide with Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan since thousands of local Muslims are expected to gather together in the park to break their fast.
Hudson Reporter
County partners to provide vaccines at Lincoln Park May 13 ×
The Hudson County Vaccine Task Force and the Hudson Regional Health Commission are partnering with The Islamic Council of Hudson County to bring a pop-up vaccination site to Lincoln Park on Thursday, May 13.
The clinic is timed to coincide with Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan when thousands of Muslims are expected to gather together in the park to break their fast.
The mobile clinic will be set up at the entrance to Lincoln Park West near the Little League field from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will be open for anyone who lives, works, or studies in Hudson County.
Hudson County View
Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said that he anticipates more New Jersey counties will get out of contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the foreseeable future during a brief question and answer session with the media in Hoboken today.
“I was gratified to see the step that was taken in Essex County and I think we kind of predicted, with the turn of a page of a new federal administration, that would have a much more enlightened view on immigration and immigration policy and that’s a huge deal for us,” Murphy said after the Rebuild by Design groundbreaking.
Hudson County View
U.S. Rep. Albio Sires (D-8) said today that “I’m all for it” if Hudson County gets out of their contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but also noted that he’d hope there’s a plan in place for the detainees before that.
.@repsires: “If Hudson County decides to get out of the ICE contract, that’s a decision that the county has to make. The only thing I worry about is the families of people who are in the center … Sometimes they send those people to Texas.”
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
Top Hudson County officials signal openness to ending contract with ICE
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
Graciela Barreto,43, of Union City, played guitar/sang, at the New Labor group immigrant & detainee right protest at the Hudson County Jail on May 9, 2010. Michael T. Dempsey / The Jersey Journal EJAEJA
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Two top Hudson County officials have signaled their openness to ending a contract with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a sign of gathering momentum behind the push to end the controversial deal.
In an interview Wednesday, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise said that, “under certain circumstances,” he is open to the prospect of exiting the contract, under which ICE pays the county $120 per person per day to house detainees at the Hudson County jail in Kearny.