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ICE's Controversial Plans To Expand NJ Detention Centers Revealed By ACLU
U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement( ICE) is exploring plans to expand immigration detention facilities in New Jersey, potentially adding 600 beds across the state, according to documents obtained by the ACLU through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. The revelations come as concerns mount over President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of a large-scale deportation and detention program. Advocates have criticized the Biden administration for enabling this expansion, warning it could pave the way for sweeping actions against immigrant communities. Two facilities under considerat…
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Schumer, McConnell Call For Release Of WSJ Reporter, NJ Native Charged With Espionage
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) can agree on one thing: they want reporter Evan Gershkovich, a Mercer County native, to be released after he was charged with espionage in Russia while reporting for the Wall Street Journal. The duo released a rare joint statement on Friday, April 7, calling for his release. Gershkovich was charged with espionage "in the interests of his country," according to Russian state media. "We strongly condemn the wrongful detention of U.S. citizen and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and de…
Lifestyle
NJ Resident Details Being Kidnapped, Tortured By Peruvian Intelligence Service In New Memoir
A New Jersey resident and former National Police lieutenant has penned a memoir detailing how he survived being kidnapped and tortured by the Peruvian National Intelligence Service. “The Unknown Basement: Based on a Real-Life Story,” details Saloman H. Soria's painful experience of being kidnapped, interrogated, tortured and imprisoned in the basement of the National Intelligence Service of Peru. His story begins with the events that led up to his kidnapping, chronicles his false imprisonment and concludes with where he nearly 30 years later. In his role as Lieutenant of the National…
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Belichick Declining Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Cites 'Tragic Events' Of Last Week
New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick said that he's declining the Presidential Medal of Freedom because of the "tragic events" last week at the U.S. Capitol. "Recently, I was offered the opportunity to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which I was flattered by out of respect for what the honor represents and admiration for prior recipients," Belichick said in a statement released Monday. "Subsequently, the tragic events of last week occurred and the decision has been made not to move forward with the award," he added. "Above all, I am an American citizen with great …
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NJ Detention Center May Close: Landlord Moves To End Lease With ICE Contractor
The federal immigrant detention center in Elizabeth may be closing as the building's owner is moving to end a lease with the company that has housed ICE detainees at the site for decades. The Elberton Development group said it hopes to end its contract with Evans Street tenant CoreCivic, a company that manages private prison and detention centers, as soon as possible. The detention center and others like it have come under scrutiny in recent years from many who view the treatment of the detainees as inhumane and urged Elberton to end the agreement. "As supporters of many important educatio…
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Body Of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean Recovered From Bay, Search Continues For Son, 8
Maryland police on Monday found the body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, the 40-year-old granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, who’d gone missing with her 8-year-old son in Chesapeake Bay late last week. McKean's body was recovered 25 feet of water about 2½ miles south of her mother’s Shady Side residence following a search involving aviation and underwater imaging sonar technology, police and dive crew members, Maryland Natural Resources Police announced late Monday. A search was continuing on Tuesday for young Gideon. The family had been self-quarantining in an empty house to give their …
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Bergen Sheriff, NAACP, Others Bringing Prominent Speakers To Anti-Hate Talk For High Schoolers
If you’re staging a critical conversation for high school students on the devastating impacts of hate and bigotry, you'd be hard-pressed to top the two civil rights activists enlisted by Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton in tandem with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Bergen County NAACP and the Urban League of Bergen County. Juniors and seniors from the Englewood Public School District and the Frisch School in Paramus are invited to Cureton’s office at Two Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack at 1 p.m. this Tuesday (March 26) to hear Dwania Kyles and TM Garret. Dwania Kyles was one of th…
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