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Op-Ed: The quiet dismantling of due process in U.S. immigration courts

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Op-Ed: The quiet dismantling of due process in U.S. immigration courts

Two researchers' suggest Congress step in to strengthen due process rights in U.S. immigration courts

Lauren Heidbrink, Amelia Frank-Vitale | October 29, 2026
Federal immigration agents escort a man past vehicles on a street in Red Bank, New Jersey.(Brian Donohue)
Red Bank Green: Masked agents, smoking cars and arrests in ICE action

Monmouth hyperlocal among news sites tracking ICE patrols and arrests in their communities

Brian Donohue | October 20, 2026
McIver requests full hearing of Delaney Hall case, extending appeal(Benjamin J. Hulac/NJ Spotlight News)
McIver requests full hearing of Delaney Hall case, extending appeal

Congresswoman's lawyers maintain Trump charges are 'political retaliation'

Benjamin J. Hulac | October 12, 2026
From Delaney Hall hunger strike to freedom(NJ Spotlight News)
From Delaney Hall hunger strike to freedom

Martin Soto released after for eight months in Newark and Elizabeth detention

Sean P. Sullivan | October 8, 2026
Q&A: Teacher of the Year creates safe zone amid ‘culture of fear’(Newark Board of Education)
Q&A: Teacher of the Year creates safe zone amid ‘culture of fear’

Newark native Carla Ferriera wants policymakers to pay attention to ICE operations near schools and to the rise of artificial intelligence

Julie O'Connor | September 1, 2026
McIver loses bid to toss charges over Delaney Hall clash with ICE(Benjamin J. Hulac/NJ Spotlight News)
McIver loses bid to toss charges over Delaney Hall clash with ICE

Congresswoman says appeals court's decision 'emboldens' Trump administration to keep going after 'vulnerable communities'

Benjamin J. Hulac | August 27, 2026
Who’s behind the mask? New Jerseyans haunted by ICE run-ins(Elise Young/NJ Spotlight News)
Who’s behind the mask? New Jerseyans haunted by ICE run-ins

State asks federal court to throw out Trump administration's challenge to law that forbids federal agents from shielding faces

Sophie Nieto-Munoz | August 27, 2026
Post-detention deaths to go untracked in ‘common sense’ ICE move(NJ News Wire/Suzette Lucas)
Post-detention deaths to go untracked in ‘common sense’ ICE move

Who was the man who died after he left Delaney Hall? We don't know. Biden-era rule designed to protect the seriously ill is cast aside

Benjamin J. Hulac | August 11, 2026
Death shows Delaney ‘not adequate’ in emergency, McIver says(AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Death shows Delaney ‘not adequate’ in emergency, McIver says

ICE says detained person received 'proper medical care' while his mother says she believes he had no access to medication

Joanna Gagis, Katie Crist | August 5, 2026
Why advocates want an end to all immigrant detention(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Why advocates want an end to all immigrant detention

Reform not enough, says ACLU, citing 'inhumane conditions' and skepticism about legal access for those caught in sweeps

Joanna Gagis | July 22, 2026
Thousands of non-citizens registered to vote in NJ, Sherrill says
Thousands of non-citizens registered to vote in NJ, Sherrill says

Trump, Republicans call on Congress to pass voting restrictions in wake of Motor Vehicle Commission software glitch

Colleen O'Dea, Benjamin J. Hulac | July 22, 2026
Immigration courts running like ‘deportation machine,’ attorneys say(AP Photo/LM Otero)
Immigration courts running like ‘deportation machine,’ attorneys say

No bond for 'flight risk' homeowner, here for 20 years, with no criminal record, U.S. citizen wife, two kids born on American soil

Sophie Nieto-Munoz | July 16, 2026
Judge criticized in rape case now serving on immigration court(NJ Spotlight News)
Judge criticized in rape case now serving on immigration court

Attorneys skeptical of how he will handle people who are detained and involved in domestic violence, sexual assault matters

Sophie Nieto-Munoz | July 8, 2026
As Trump rants, Democrats and advocates hail U.S. birthright ruling(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
As Trump rants, Democrats and advocates hail U.S. birthright ruling

In dissent, Alito -- a son of New Jersey, with 25% immigrant population -- calls the decision 'a serious mistake'

Benjamin J. Hulac, Elise Young | July 1, 2026
Driver charged in Delaney Hall crash blamed protesters, police say(NJ Spotlight News)
Driver charged in Delaney Hall crash blamed protesters, police say

Accelerated into parking lot when crowd hit his car, and learned that a women was hurt only when video circulated, according to report

Sophie Nieto-Munoz | June 29, 2026
Delaney Hall hunger strike ends after ‘retaliation,’ journalist says(AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
Delaney Hall hunger strike ends after ‘retaliation,’ journalist says

Mystery persists over identity of driver whose vehicle struck and injured a demonstrator holding a flag on Father's Day

Joanna Gagis, Katie Crist | June 25, 2026
NJ pension fund tosses stake in Geo Group, operator of Delaney Hall(Elise Young/NJ Spotlight News)
NJ pension fund tosses stake in Geo Group, operator of Delaney Hall

Palantir Technologies, whose AI is useful to immigration agents, remains in portfolio as critics insist on divestment

John Reitmeyer | June 22, 2026
Remove judge who threatened to deport truant teens, panel saysNJ Spotlight News
Remove judge who threatened to deport truant teens, panel says

He invoked Trump as 'new sheriff in town' in rants that showed 'appearance of ethnic and socioeconomic bias,' majority finds

Dana DiFilippo | June 19, 2026
Trump administration looks to back off Roxbury detention center(Colleen O'Dea/NJ Spotlight News)
Trump administration looks to back off Roxbury detention center

ICE warehouse planned for Morris County among several to be sold or transferred, report says

Benjamin J. Hulac | June 19, 2026
Safety complaint draws federal inspectors to Delaney Hall(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Safety complaint draws federal inspectors to Delaney Hall

Any of eight conditions can lead to on-site review by U.S. regulators, and case of Newark detention center remains open

Benjamin J. Hulac | June 18, 2026
How Trump deportation policies are crushing the lives of NJ teens
How Trump deportation policies are crushing the lives of NJ teens

Brixy, oldest of four kids, is more than 1,200 miles from home. Allison, whose mother was deported to Mexico, is paying overdue property taxes

Catherine Carrera | June 17, 2026
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