Decried as 'Garden State Gulag,' New Jersey Military Base that Will House Undocumented Immigrants Faces Continued Criticism

Bogdan Hofbauer

The South Jersey military base that'll become a deportation center for undocumented immigrants has earned a new and uncomplimentary nickname: the "Garden State Gulag." Rep. Herb Conaway Jr., a Democrat whose Burlington County district includes what's now called Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst where the facility will be created, invented the sobriquet in a statement Monday. He serves on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. "First, they made 'Alligator Alcatraz,'" Conaway said, referring to a