You know, I will just point out this is why we are fighting so hard to not open Roxbury, to not have Roxbury built. It is obviously not appropriate to Take a warehouse and house people there. It's why The State of New Jersey passed a law that there would be no private detention facilities. We were overturned in court, despite our advocacy, including myself when I was in Congress and amicus briefs against opening any private detention facility here. (23:02–23:09)
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