On Tuesday, three New York-based organizations providing free legal representation to detained immigrants asked Murphy to sign S3361, which would prevent state, local, and private corrections facilities from entering into new contracts with ICE or renewing existing pacts.

“Our years of experience working on behalf of detained people in these facilities have made clear to us that ending ICE detention is a moral imperative. Not one person needs to be incarcerated during their removal proceedings. ICE detention is inhumane and unjust,” the groups said in a joint statement.

The Bronx Defenders, the Legal Aid Society, and Brooklyn Defender Services have represented detainees in three of New Jersey’s detention centers, located in Hudson, Essex and Bergen counties, through the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project.

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