A man restrains Angela Farias, 46. Farias, who is originally from Venezuela, was running after federal agents arrested her brother, Luis Farias, and escorted him to an elevator following his immigration hearing at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 12, 2025, in New York. Federal agents have been arresting immigrants during mandatory check-ins as ICE ramps up detentions and deportations. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey VindicatorA man parks his motorcycle in front of a deli in the Jackson Hill neighborhood in Jersey City on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.Homeland Security agents arrest and try to handcuff Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the Delaney Hall ICE facility on Friday, May. 9, 2025. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.Yhornelis Torres, 25, and her son, Dylan Sequera, 1, pose for a photograph on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in New York. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.Police remove Rev. Dr. Robin Tanner of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation and Rev. Sasha Ostrom of the Universalist Fellowship as they block the gates to protest the detention of immigrants and the conditions at the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.A reenactor playing the role of a Hessian soldier fires a musket during a reenactment of the Battle of Trenton on Saturday, Dec. 27, in Trenton, N.J. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.Supporters of Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli wait for election results at his campaign headquarters on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Bridgewater, N.J. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
A white-tailed deer leaps through the dense underbrush as two others retreat into the woods on Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Trenton, New Jersey. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
Protestors block the entrance to the Delaney Hall detention center during a protest over federal immigration enforcement on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.Drivers guide their horses during a harness race at the Meadowlands on Saturday, June 7, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.An man is arrested by ICE agents after his immigration court hearing inside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on Sept. 3, 2025, in New York. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator. New Jersey Governor-Elect Mikie Sherrill, center, celebrates her victory with Lieutenant Governor-Elect Dale Caldwell, right, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in East Brunswick. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.Fanny Nunez and her son, Nestor, sit for a portrait in their room in New Brunswick on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Her husband was detained while he was running errands for his family and never made it home. His detention left his wife, Fanny Jakelinne Núñez, alone to take care of their medically fragile eight-year-old son, Néstor Josias,who requires constant care to survive. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator. The work uniform of Jose Lopez, who was detained after living and working in Princeton for three decades. The photograph was taken on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, in Princeton, New Jersey. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.Steve Meserve carries on a historic fishing tradition, selecting shad from the catch and throwing some back into the Delaware River on Monday, April 14, 2025, in Lambertville, New Jersey. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.A man stands inside a prison cell at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, N.J., Sept. 18, 2025, while awaiting his immigration court hearing. The facility has faced scrutiny and protests over the treatment of detainees. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator. Police arrest a protester who blocked the entrance to a federal building where ICE agents arrest immigrants after their immigration court hearings, on Oct 6, 2025, in New York. Hundreds of people gathered to protest immigration enforcement, and several protesters were arrested. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator. A federal agent at a federal building in New York City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Federal agents have been arresting immigrants during mandatory check-ins following immigration court hearings. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.A gas station glows as a car drives along Route 33 on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Neptune Township, New Jersey. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.A woman bleeds after police pin her to the floor during a protest outside a federal building on Oct 6, 2025, in New York. Hundreds of people gathered to protest immigration enforcement, and several protesters were arrested. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator. Federal agents approach an immigrant couple and check their papers inside a federal building on Sept 9, 2025 in New York City. Federal agents are arresting immigrants during mandatory check-ins. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator.
Krystal Knapp is the founder of The Jersey Vindicator and the hyperlocal news website Planet Princeton. Previously she was a reporter at The Trenton Times for a decade.
