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NJ Base to Become Deportation Center Sparks Outrage

7/24/2025

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New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is poised to transform into a deportation center for undocumented immigrants, igniting fierce backlash. Rep. Herb Conaway Jr. condemned the move as the "Garden State Gulag," while the majority of the state's Democratic congressional delegation raises alarms over the militarization of immigration and the potential for inhumane treatment of those detained.

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New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is poised to transform into a deportation center for undocumented immigrants, igniting fierce backlash. Rep. Herb Conaway Jr. condemned the move as the "Garden State Gulag," while the majority of the state's Democratic congressional delegation raises alarms over the militarization of immigration and the potential for inhumane treatment of those detained.