NEWARK — Over the continued objections of immigration advocates, Essex County’s freeholders have approved a five-year agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to house as many as 1,250 immigrant detainees.
The go-ahead could funnel about $50 million into the county, although it is likely to outsource many detainees to a privately run facility. The freeholders’ vote Wednesday night was 7-0, with one abstention and one absence.
Freeholder Ralph R. Caputo said he is not overjoyed to have the county in the detention business, but it makes fiscal sense for now to provide a solution to the vexing federal issue of illegal immigration.
Caputo, chairman of the freeholders’ public safety and penal committee, presided over a June hearing that sought detailed answers from county officials on detention policy. He said administrators had been candid with regard to the slew of federal requirements that are part of the agreement.
"We’re assured there’s going to be compliance," he said. "There’s a lot there in terms of oversight."
Opponents of the deal say the county is profiting from a misguided immigration policy. They also say county penal officials systematically deny detainees their rights and enforce arbitrary directives.
County officials still must determine — likely through a competitive bid process, Caputo said — who will run the facility where detainees wait for their cases to be heard.
Although a politically connected nonprofit organization, Education and Health Centers of America — which already has a similar contract with the county — won the right to house the detainees at the Newark facility run by its associated, for-profit firm, questions were raised about the process. County officials nullified the firm’s bid in August.
According to the agreement, the federal government is paying the county $108 per detainee per day. Because the ICE accord takes effect immediately, the county has extended an agreement with the education and health centers company, which is subcontracting with Community Education Centers. That for-profit concern is housing some detainees at its Delaney Hall facility.
Should all 1,250 detainees be transferred to the county from facilities elsewhere, 800 would be held in the county jail with the other 450 housed at Delaney, county officials have said.
According to its agreement with ICE, Essex County will get $12.4 million for housing the detainees through Dec. 31.
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