Before the Orange County Legislature voted Thursday on a resolution to ask the federal government not to bring an immigration facility to the town of Newburgh, residents implored them to do more. Lawmakers voted unanimously to call on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) not to build the facility. ICE has had a presence in Orange County for years. Orange County Jail, in Goshen, has held ICE detainees since 2008. He pointed to comments made in 2023 by County Executive Steve Neuhaus when he said Orange County is not a “sanctuary count[y]” while the legislature publicly opposes immigration enforcement.