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🌱 Were Dover ICE detainees secretly held in the disputed Roxbury warehouse?

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Good day Dover! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Were Dover ICE detainees secretly held in the disputed Roxbury warehouse?

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Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• Did ICE open its Roxbury detention center? Three say they were there (dailyrecord.com) — Dover residents and a town council member are raising alarms that people detained in a recent local ICE raid may have been briefly held at a controversial Roxbury warehouse, despite a court order limiting its use. State officials are now reviewing reports that the facility, long opposed by New Jersey leaders and activists, may already be operating as an immigration detention site.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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