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Kim and Booker push bill to stop DHS from turning warehouses into immigrant detention camps
Measure would bar DHS from running warehouse detention sites with Trump-era Big Beautiful Bill funds
Who owns your loved one’s nursing home in New Jersey? Use our new tool to find out.
New Jersey joins multistate lawsuit accusing RFK Jr. of undermining childhood vaccine protections
The complaint alleges that federal officials bypassed required scientific review and violated federal law.
U.S. sues New Jersey over immigration order, escalating fight over federal enforcement powers
Lawsuit will test how far states can go in limiting cooperation with federal agents
New Brunswick rejects data center plan following public backlash
The city council restored plans for a public park.
New Jersey lawmakers move to rein in ICE with taxes and hiring bans
The package of newly proposed bills would quietly undermine ICE’s power in a variety of ways.
Perth Amboy worker’s whistleblower suit alleges retaliation for raising insurance bidding, pay-to-play concerns
The case highlights health benefit contract issues in New Jersey.
Republican Congressional hopeful Tiffany Burress at risk of losing North Jersey home to foreclosure
Burress, a personal injury attorney, is running for the Republican nomination in the 9th Congressional District.
‘An agency out of control’: Planned ICE detention processing warehouse in Roxbury sparks bipartisan backlash
Residents in the Morris County area are pushing back.
Immigration
Investigating immigration enforcement, detention, and deportation in the Garden State
