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NJ Alliance For Immigrant Justice Calls On State Leadership To “Meet the Historic Momentum” On Immigration Detention May 5, 2021, 11:02 am | in
NJ Alliance For Immigrant Justice Calls On State Leadership To “Meet the Historic Momentum” On Immigration Detention
Newark – Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 The New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice (NJAIJ) calls on State leadership and legislators to act on A5207/S3361, legislation that would ban new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracts or renewals and extensions of existing contracts.
Despite community calls to the Assembly Law & Public Safety Committee who met this morning, A5207 was not included on the agenda. Collectively, this committee’s members represent nearly half a million immigrant New Jerseyans. The call to action follows a whirlwind week as New Jersey made national headlines over local contractors signaling an end, or depopulation, to their ICE detenti
Bergen lawmaker s bill would bar new immigrant detention contracts with ICE
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A Bergen County lawmaker has introduced legislation to ban the state and counties from contracting with federal officials to hold immigrant detainees, though it would allow controversial deals at the Bergen, Essex and Hudson jails to continue.
Assemblyman Gordon Johnson s bill, introduced on Monday, would bar local governments from renewing those agreements when they expire and prevent public and private detention facilities in the state from signing new agreements.
The proposal follows years of protests at the North Jersey jails, where hundreds of immigrants are being held for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of the Trump administration s four-year crackdown. Tensions have escalated in recent weeks, with several detainees launching hunger strikes and police and protesters clashing outside the Bergen facility.