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Morelle continues fight against ICE detention cells in Rochester
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U.S. Rep. Joe Morelle has introduced the Respect Our Communities (ROC) Act, continuing his fight against President Donald Trump's plan to place ICE detention cells inside the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building in downtown Rochester.
This new legislation seeks to prevent the federal government from "constructing or operating new ICE or Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) detention facilities without public transparency, community input, and approval from state and local leaders."
“There is nothing responsible about dropping detention cells into the downtown community in Rochester without explaining how they'll operate, without explaining how those security measures will be created, what they'll look like,” said Morelle.
Morelle says construction could begin here as early as this weekend.
“We're told by the department that they intend to sta