Financing county with ‘blood money’ is how one advocate characterizes being paid by federal agency to hold immigrants in county jail

After being strip-searched, Yuri McKoy was taken to University Hospital in Newark where, he said, an X-ray showed nothing

Immigrants are increasingly held in county jails as they await civil hearings on orders of deportation

The Essex County Correctional Facility is the largest detention center for immigrants in the region

He says recent arrests have nothing to do with Attorney General’s directive scaling back law enforcement’s cooperation with the agency

Last May, New Jersey gave undocumented immigrants access to state financial aid for college. Although some like Gloria Rodriguez are benefiting, the law has had ...

With a supportive governor in office, new focus on legislation that went nowhere for years. No Republican enthusiasm evident

Decision clears way for New Jersey to receive blocked funds. NJ had joined lawsuit saying that conditions sought by Department of Justice were unconstitutional

Attorney General limits cooperation with federal efforts to detain, deport undocumented residents

Amid steep increase in detentions of undocumented immigrants, advocates say NJ’s existing protocol is inadequate in Trump era of heightened enforcement efforts