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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“We’ve always been of the opinion we’d rather be generating revenue someplace else out of our jail. We’ve had discussions with interested parties and we’re still hopeful we can put something together,” DeGise said over the phone this afternoon.
“I’m willing to work hard with our state and federal partners to help us get there: we’re determined … It doesn’t change our insistence that we need a revenue stream there. If not ICE, we need others.”
Yesterday, Essex County Executive Joe DiVincenzo said that they would be ending their contract with ICE by the end of August by housing inmates from Union County – who will be closing most of their jail operations this summer.
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The case deals with a lawsuit filed by Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise and five county commissioners against five protesters. (Shutterstock)
JERSEY CITY, NJ The American Civil Liberties Union s New Jersey branch filed a case on Monday against Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise and five county commissioners claiming they violated protesters First Amendment rights with a temporary restraining order.
The restraining order was filed in December following a protest that took place in front of DeGise s home on New York Avenue in Jersey City and was cited in the Dec. 8th arrest of four protesters gathered in DeGise s neighborhood. The ACLU claims the protesters were in compliance with local noise ordinances and that the arrest was a violation of their First Amendment rights.
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By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“This case is about the people’s right to speak and protest against a government policy. Our clients were using public sidewalks to express themselves and should be subject to the same laws as everyone else who uses them,” ACLU-NJ Legal Director Jeanne LoCicero said in a statement early this afternoon.
“These officials went to court to insulate themselves from opposing views. It’s not just a misuse of public resources, it’s also unconstitutional.”
The December 8th temporary restraining order, granted by Hudson County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Jablonski – who has since become the county assignment judge – included a number of specific parameters if protests were to continue, as HCV first reported.
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According to the ACLU-NJ, protesters of the renewal of the county s contract with ICE to house detainees have had their First Amendment rights violated.
Freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble are at the center of a new brief filed by the ACLU-NJ on behalf of protesters who were issued temporary restraining orders and arrested after protesting outside Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise’s home last year.
According to the ACLU-NJ court filing, Hudson County officials violated the First Amendment rights of protesters when it used “draconian measures,” including arrests to silence opponents of the county’s renewal of its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house detainees at the Hudson County Correctional Center.
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