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Immigration activist groups hold 12th annual anti-ICE rally at Liberty State Park By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View The vigil was organized by Pax Christi New Jersey, First Friends of New Jersey and New York, the Archdiocese of Newark Justice for Immigrants Task Force, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Immigrant Rights Program, the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless, and the St. Joseph Social Service Center. Pax Christi NJ Organizer Kathy O’Leary noted Ash Wednesday, the b...

The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An injured California inmate firefighter has been released from federal immigration detention and is home with his parents and sister for the first time since his arrest more than two decades ago when he was age 16, his attorney said Thursday. Bounchan Keola, now 39, was hurt when a tree fell on him while he was helping fight a deadly wildfire southwest of Redding in Northern California in early October. He was released from a California state prison ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An injured California inmate firefighter has been released...