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Why Did DHS Fire Its Own Jail Inspectors? Inside the Newark Facility No One Can Enter

Why Did DHS Fire Its Own Jail Inspectors? Inside the Newark Facility No One Can Enter

Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed ICE detention center on Doremus Avenue in Newark, sits at the center of a federalism fight...

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Progressives Turn on Sherrill, Accusing Her of Aiding ICE

Progressives Turn on Sherrill, Accusing Her of Aiding ICE

NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill is facing a sharp rebuke from the progressive left after deploying state...

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Hudson County Collects $20 Million A Year Housing ICE Detainees – And Has No Plans To Stop

Hudson County Collects $20 Million A Year Housing ICE Detainees – And Has No Plans To Stop

Hudson County has collected at least $166 million in federal payments since 2015 while neighboring Essex County terminated its contract...

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State Police Tear-Gas, Charge Crowd on Horseback at Newark ICE Facility

State Police Tear-Gas, Charge Crowd on Horseback at Newark ICE Facility

NEWARK, N.J.— Chemical smoke drifted across Doremus Avenue at 10:12 p.m. on May 29. Then the horses charged. NJBallot footage...

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Sherrill Denied Access to Delaney Hall As Hunger Strike Enters Sixth Day

Sherrill Denied Access to Delaney Hall As Hunger Strike Enters Sixth Day

Governor Mikie Sherrill requested access on Sunday evening. ICE turned her away Monday morning while roughly 300 detainees inside entered...

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Sherrill Denied Access to Delaney Hall: Inside NJ's Escalating War Over ICE Detention

Sherrill Denied Access to Delaney Hall: Inside NJ's Escalating War Over ICE Detention

NEWARK, N.J. — Governor Mikie Sherrill's request to tour Delaney Hall was formally denied on Sunday, making her the first...

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Feds Charge Four More Non-Citizens with Illegal Voting in New Jersey

Feds Charge Four More Non-Citizens with Illegal Voting in New Jersey

For the second time in four months, federal prosecutors have charged non-citizens with voting illegally — in a state that...

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NJ's Tuition Equity Laws Face Fourth Federal Suit This Year — And a Republican Bill to Repeal Them

NJ's Tuition Equity Laws Face Fourth Federal Suit This Year — And a Republican Bill to Repeal Them

TRENTON, N.J. — The Department of Justice sued New Jersey on April 30, seeking to invalidate state laws that grant...

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Camden County Bans ICE From County Property Without Judicial Warrant

Camden County Bans ICE From County Property Without Judicial Warrant

CAMDEN—On February 12, federal immigration agents tried to arrest a man at Woodland Village Apartments in Lindenwold. Students waiting for...

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NJ Transit Clarifies ICE Allowed on Buses, Trains Under Existing State Policy

NJ Transit Clarifies ICE Allowed on Buses, Trains Under Existing State Policy

TRENTON—NJ Transit officials confirmed on March 20 that federal immigration agents may access the agency's trains, platforms, buses, and stations,...

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