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Will former NJ hospital be migrant processing site?
Clip: 1/19/2024 | 1m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Officials said no formal plans in works
The Murphy administration on Friday denied it has plans to allow the use of an old state psychiatric hospital in Hunterdon County to help process undocumented migrants. Hunterdon County Commissioner Jeff Kuhl announced this week that the administration is considering the old Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital in Glen Gardner as a potential processing site.
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Will former NJ hospital be migrant processing site?
Clip: 1/19/2024 | 1m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
The Murphy administration on Friday denied it has plans to allow the use of an old state psychiatric hospital in Hunterdon County to help process undocumented migrants. Hunterdon County Commissioner Jeff Kuhl announced this week that the administration is considering the old Hagedorn Psychiatric Hospital in Glen Gardner as a potential processing site.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipTalk of using an old state psychiatric hospital to help process undocumented migrants is causing an uproar even without a formal plan in the works this week hunterton County Commissioner board director Jeff Kuhl revealed the Murphy Administration is considering the old Hagedorn Hospital in Glen Gardner as a potential site earlier this month migrants being busted to New York City from Texas and other border states stopped first at train stations across New Jersey and some local officials bulked now they're speaking out about the potential use of the rural facility saying housing migrants there will overwhelm resources like fire police and EMS agencies in a statement Republican senator Doug Steinhardt who represents the area said the state's communities are already stretched too thin blaming President Biden for ignoring the immigration crisis and Governor Murphy for declaring New Jersey a sanctuary State Congressman Tom Kean echoed those thoughts in a similar statement the Murphy Administration hasn't confirmed or denied the [Music] plan
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