November 2, 2018 Immigration, NJ3, US Senate 0
A lot of attention has been paid to Republicans’ Trumpian shift toward nativism. The national party has focused on immigration, trade and race. And it hasn’t played well in New Jersey, where a host of formerly Republican districts now have…
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Hudson County ended its partnership with federal immigration officers Friday, following winnowing support from the Hudson County Freeholder Board and a relentless push from immigration activists who have long called on local and county governments to move away from enforcing…
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February 4, 2018 Immigration, NJ6 0
Yesterday, local and state legislators, as well as attorneys from the NJ ACLU gathered in Metuchen to celebrate a stay of deportation for three valued members of their community. One of them, Harry Pangamanan, was recently honored by the town…
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January 27, 2018 Immigration 1
About 100 protestors attended a rally today in Newark calling for a shutdown of the Delaney Hall Detention Facility at the Essex County Correctional Facility. The modest turnout of about 100 was organized by Resist the Deportation Machine (RDM) and…
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January 24, 2018 Immigration, NJ10, NJ11 2
Today, New Jersey joined 15 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s decision to end DACA. Last night, West Orange took action too – and they were ahead of that curve. Promoted by Rosi….
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January 19, 2018 Immigration 0
promoted by Rosi, who is amused by things like ” lot, like-omg-millennial A LOT” No exemptions. In a recent Politico article shared on Facebook by a ranking member of the New Jersey State Senate, a story is told about the potential hiccups…
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October 27, 2017 Immigration 0
This week, Phil Murphy is on Pod Save America — a politics podcast featuring four former aides to President Obama. The interview starts at 59:45. For those who have followed the campaign, the messaging should be familiar — Murphy clearly…
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October 13, 2017 Immigration 2
Is racial justice just bad politics? New Jersey’s battery-dead gubernatorial race got a jump start this week when Kim Guadagno and Phil Murphy faced off over the idea of becoming a Sanctuary State. That possibility is reigniting fervor in both bases,…
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September 7, 2017 Immigration 0
This week, President Trump attempted to pull another thread out of the fabric of our communities when he announced he would end Presdient Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, in six months. Unless Congress steps in, ending…
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Just seven months into his presidency, Trump pardoned a man convicted of regularly violating the rights of Latinos, stopping people based on racial profiling, detaining them based solely on the suspicion that they were in the country illegally, and turning them…
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