
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

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
Genesis Obando/NJ Spotlight NewsPlainfield man had a clean record, path to citizenship in a country that was home since childhood. ICE forced him back to Honduras anyway.
(NJ Spotlight News)Interview: Alexandra Gonçalves Peña with the New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program
( Courtesy of Julie Flores-Castillo)Trump administration’s immigration stance expected to impact mental health

Interview: Alexandra Goncalves Pena, American Friends Service Committee

Advocates are calling on state officials to change policies they say harm immigrants.

Sen. Loretta Weinberg says the facility is out of control

More than 440,000 undocumented Jersey residents will now need to wait longer to apply for a state driver’s license.

Government officials say the aim is to reserve green cards for immigrants who can pay their own way.

Protesters rallied across the country and in New Jersey to condemn President Trump's national emergency declaration on Friday. The declaration circumvents Congress and uses money ...

Gov. Phil Murphy finalized a $2.1 million grant for legal representation of immigrants facing deportation.

Some are calling on Sen. Booker and his fellow Democrats to widen their focus away from the privately operated Elizabeth Detention Center and shine the ...

The Murphy administration set aside $2.1 million in the budget to be used for legal representation of unauthorized immigrants who cannot afford private attorneys.

Advocates claim officials reportedly have no comprehensive database and no protocols in place to identify and reunite children with parents, some of whom may already ...

Stories about immigrant children, forcibly taken from their families in federal detention made the "Twitterverse" explode with outrage this weekend. It focused public attention on ...

Legal service organizations are on overdrive as the deadline approaches for DACA holders to renew their status.

Agreement on repairing and replacing our rough roads and bridges. But how fast? And who pays? The politics of immigrant rights. Advocates aim their agendas ...

Immigrants' rights advocates hope New Jersey's next governor will prioritize issues affecting immigrant communities.

Police arrested five protesters for blocking a street during a demonstration against President Trump’s immigration policy at a federal immigration detention center in Elizabeth.

A record crowd confronts a Jersey congressman. The only one to let constituents have their say in person about the president and his policies. Protests ...