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More New Yorkers are detained in ICE detention at the Orange County Jail (OCJ) in Goshen, NY, than at any other detention site in New York State (except for those operated by the federal government). Steve Neuhaus as the County Executive has the power to end the jail's contract with ICE. If he does so, that is one way to end immigration detention at OCJ. The Orange County Legislature does not have authority to end the contract, but if they adopt a resolution in support of DND, it will help sway state lawmakers representing Orange County to support the DND Act. The passage of DND will also end immigration detention at OCJ, along with detention at other county jails around the state.
The federal government's plan to purchase a warehouse in the Village of Chester for use as a "mega detention center" -- effectively, a concentration camp -- appears to be off the table for the moment, so we are putting those calls on hold.
"In 2024, Orange County budgeted $74.6 million for its jail, exceeding County budgets for education, public health, mental health, and economic development combined. With an average daily jail census ranging from 307-413 in recent years, the government expends more than $400 per incarcerated person per day, more than triple the average local income. In a County where 13% of residents earn less than $25,000 per year, local needs for healthcare and public services can be expected to sharply increase as federal cuts to Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and public health programs take effect. Orange County does not publish revenues received from ICE or other state and federal agencies and programs." (New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, "Denied Care, Denied Dignity: Systemic Medical Failures in Immigration Detention at Orange County Jail")
Learn more:
Orange County Executive
Orange County Executive
Steven M. Neuhaus
Steve Neuhaus is the Orange County Executive and as such has the power to end the county jail's contract with ICE.
Phone: 845-291-2700, ext. 3255
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker/as a resident of Orange County due to my concern about immigrant detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so!]
I appreciate Executive Neuhaus’s opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and his leadership on this issue as the child of immigrants. At the same time, however, it is equally urgent to end the ICE detention contract at Orange County Jail.
Orange County Jail's contract with ICE enables the agency to transfer community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment. The county should not be making money off of the backs of our community.
You have the power to stop the county’s complicity in ICE’s violence. Will you end the ICE detention contract now?
Orange County Legislators
Orange County Legislators
Genesis Ramos
Genesis Ramos is an Orange County legislator representing the City and Town of Newburgh. She is currently the Democratic Leader of the Orange County Legislature and previously served on the Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee, which provides oversight of Orange County Jail. Ramos represents the City and Town of Newburgh.
Phone: 845-291-4800
Direct: 845-806-1021
Email: GRamos@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker/as an Orange County resident due to my concern about ICE detention at the Orange County Jail. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your leadership in the Orange County Legislature passing a resolution to oppose the proposed "mega detention center" at the warehouse in Chester. Yet as long as ICE detention continues at the Orange County Jail, the county government continues to balance its budget off the backs of our community members and support the violence of ICE that is terrorizing communities across New York State.
I understand the county legislature does not have the authority to end the contract. However, in the state legislature, passage of the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (S316/A4181) would prohibit counties from contracting with ICE to detain our community members and end existing contracts, including the one with the county jail in Goshen.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you introduce a resolution in the Orange County Legislature endorsing the New York Dignity Not Detention Act?
Laurie Tautel is chairwoman of the Orange County Legislature and a Democrat. She represents the towns of Cornwall, Highlands, Monroe, and Woodbury.
Phone: 845-281-4840
Email: ltautel@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your strong opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Matt Fascaldi is a newly elected Orange County legislator, representing the Town of New Windsor. Fascaldi is a Democrat and a member of the Working Families Party. He is currently the chair of the Public Safety and Emergency Services Committee, which provides oversight of the Orange County Jail.
Phone: 845-916-5422
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention at the Orange County Jail. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the "mega detention center" proposed by the federal government in Chester and your willingness to hear our concerns about ICE detention at OCJ. In addition to that, however, I believe the county should not be balancing its budget off the backs of our community. The ICE contract at Orange County Jail enables them to transfer community members to detention centers across the country at will, in addition to subjecting our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is both long-term and well documented.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Jonathan Redeker
Jonathan Redeker is a Democratic member of the Orange County Legislature who visited Orange County Jail and posted this positive account of the jail on Instagram. He represents the Town of Goshen, the Village of Florida, and part of the Town of Warwick.
Phone (cell): 845-916-5300
Email: jredeker@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker because of my concern about ICE detention in Orange County Jail. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the "mega detention center" proposed by the federal government in Chester, and that you took the time to visit Orange County Jail earlier this spring. However, your visit was an announced one, which means the jail had time to prepare things for your review in advance and make it look as good as possible. I’m concerned about your failure to acknowledge the long-term and well-documented horrific conditions for individuals in ICE detention at the jail.
OCJ is one of the nation’s worst immigration detention centers, as highlighted in national news accounts of complaints to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. People detained in Goshen and attorneys representing them report inedible food, unsanitary conditions, abusive treatment from guards, and access to counsel issues. I urge you to continue investigating conditions for people detained by ICE in OCJ, ideally by making an unannounced visit.
In addition, the Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. I urge you push the Orange County legislature to pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen.
Paul Ruszkieweicz is the Republican Leader of the Orange County Legislature. He represents the towns of Greenville, Minisink, Warwick and Wawayanda.
Phone: 845-281-4692
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your vote in favor of the county legislature’s resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Matthew Turnbull
Matthew Turnbull is a Democrat and represents the towns of Palm Tree and Monroe.
Phone: 845-916-5484
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your vote in favor of the county legislature’s resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Glenn R. Ehlers
Ehlers is a Republican representing the towns of Chester, Monroe and Warwick, and the village of Chester .
Office Phone: 845-291-4800
Cell Phone: 845-806-1006
Email: gehlers@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Michael Essig
Essig is a Republican representing the towns of Blooming Grove, Cornwall and Woodbury, and the Village of South Blooming Grove.
Phone: 845-916-5304
Email: messig@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Gabrielle Hill
Hill is a Democrat representing the City and Town of Newburgh.
Office: 845-291-4800
Cell: 845-916-5305
Email: Ghill@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Michael Amo
Amo is an independent representing the towns of Monroe, Palm Tree and Woodbury.
Phone: 845-545-8326
Email: mamo@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Barry J. Cheney
Cheney is a Republican representing the Town of Warwick and Villages of Greenwood Lake and Warwick.
Phone: 845-395-2011
Email: bcheney@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Robert C. Sassi
Sassi is a Republican representing the towns of Crawford, Montgomery and Wallkill.
Phone: 845-545-2659
Email: RCSassi@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Peter V. Tuohy
Tuohy is a Republican representing the towns of Monroe and Tuxedo and the Village of Tuxedo Park.
Phone: 845-281-4841
Email: Ptuohy@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
DeShanda T. Carter
Carter is a Democrat representing the City of Middletown and the Town of Wallkill.
Phone: 845-916-5420
Email: DCarter@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Virginia Scott
Scott is a Democrat and Working Families Party member representing the towns of Cornwall, New Windsor and Newburgh.
Office: 845-291-4800
Cell: 845-916-5421
Email: Vscott@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Thomas J. Faggione
Faggione is a Republican representing the towns of Deerpark and Greenville and the City of Port Jervis.
Phone: 845-551-5784
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Stephen R. Hunter
Hunter is a Democrat representing the Town of Newburgh.
Phone: 845-916-5426
Email: shunter@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
John J. Revella
Revella is a Republican representing the towns of Montgomery and New Windsor and the villages of Walden and Montgomery.
Office: 845-291-4800
Cell: 845-923-7408
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Janet Sutherland
Sutherland is a Republican representing the towns of Mount Hope and Wallkill, the Village of Otisville, and the City of Middletown.
Phone: 845-500-2115
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Sparrow Tobin
Tobin is a Democrat and Working Families Party member representing the City of Middletown and the Town of Wallkill.
Phone: 845-916-5427
Email: shtobin@orangecountygov.com
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
Kathy Stegenga
Stegenga is a Republican representing the towns of Blooming Grove and Hamptonburgh and the villages of Washingtonville and Maybrook.
Phone: 845-281-4693
Phone & Email Script:
My name is ___ and I am reaching out as a fellow New Yorker due to my concern about ICE detention in Orange County. [If you live in Orange County or have any connections to it, be sure to say so.]
I appreciate your opposition to the proposed "mega detention center" in Chester and your support of the county legislature's resolution opposing it. However, as long as ICE detention continues at Orange County Jail, the county remains implicated in ICE’s horrific violence.
The ICE contract at Orange County Jail allows ICE to transfer our community members to detention centers across the country, in addition to exposing our families and friends in detention to horrific conditions and treatment that is ongoing and well documented. The county should not be balance its budget off the backs of our community.
The Tompkins County Legislature recently passed a resolution endorsing Dignity Not Detention and New York for All, and the majority of Democrats in the Ulster County Legislature wrote a letter to state lawmakers urging them to expand protections for immigrants in New York by passing four bills, including DND. Will you push to have the Orange County legislature pass a resolution in support of New York State passing the Dignity Not Detention Act (A4181/S316), which would permanently end detention contracts between ICE and counties in our state, including the one in Goshen?
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