Faith leaders sue county board over ICE contract vote
Some pastors are also asking whether the county should be profiting from immigration detention.
Seven religious leaders in New Jersey have sued their county board for violating an open meetings law.
The lawsuit, filed August 27 by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union who are representing the leaders, charges that the Hudson County board “has flouted its obligations under the Sunshine Law by voting to renew a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a process that reeked of secrecy and deception.”
The faith leaders, most of whom are Protestant pastors, have advocated for immigrant rights and opposed the detention of immigrants and what they believe are unsafe conditions in detention, the lawsuit noted.
