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Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill banning new contracts with ICE, but advocates want detained immigrants released, not just moved out of state.

The last dozen federal immigration detainees were removed from the Essex County jail Tuesday, part of a planned end of a contract with ICE.

Press Releases NJ Alliance For Immigrant Justice Calls On State Leadership To “Meet the Historic Momentum” On Immigration Detention  May 5, 2021, 11:02 am | in NJ Alliance For Immigrant Justice Calls On State Leadership To “Meet the Historic Momentum” On Immigration Detention   Newark – Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 — The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice (NJAIJ) calls on State leadership and legislators to act on A5207/S3361, legislation that would ban new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracts or renewals and extensions of existing contr...

NJ Lawmaker Proposes Using CARES Funds for Property Tax Relief Instead of Stimulus Payments for Illegal Immigrants New Jersey Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger, a Republican, proposed in April a bill urging the governor to reconsider diverting $40 million in federal economic relief funds to illegal immigrants and instead use the funds for property tax relief to New Jersey’s struggling homeowners. Homeowners in New Jersey have been struggling for years to pay their property taxes, even before the COVID-19 pandemic started, Scharfenberger told The Epoch Times in an interview. The problem was c...

Essex is ending controversial contract with ICE to hold immigration detainees in county jail Updated Apr 29, 2021; 105 Essex County officials said Wednesday they will terminate a contract to house detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the county jail, ending a long-standing arrangement that has led to mounting protests in recent years. “We have had a very solid working relationship with ICE during the last 13 years. It has always been in the best interest of the detainees to remain close to their family, friends, attorneys and community organizations helping them in a f...