NJ Spotlight News
What’s changed since NJ banned ICE detention agreements?
Clip: 8/22/2022 | 3m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Advocates say immigrants face detention elsewhere
It's been a year since Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law banning state and local jails from entering into contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigrant detainees. The ICE detainee populations in Essex, Hudson and Bergen dwindled to zero, and there is now only one facility that continues to house them -- the privately-run Elizabeth Detention Center.
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NJ Spotlight News
What’s changed since NJ banned ICE detention agreements?
Clip: 8/22/2022 | 3m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
It's been a year since Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law banning state and local jails from entering into contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigrant detainees. The ICE detainee populations in Essex, Hudson and Bergen dwindled to zero, and there is now only one facility that continues to house them -- the privately-run Elizabeth Detention Center.
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Backpack giveaway provides essential school supplies
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Clip: 8/22/2022 | 4m 29s | Salvation Army New Brunswick has been organizing the giveaway for a decade (4m 29s)
NJ drought watch continues despite Monday's rain
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Clip: 8/22/2022 | 4m 22s | State Climatologist: Showers help to replenish soil moisture, reduce fire danger (4m 22s)
‘Race to save lives’ as fentanyl fuels more overdose deaths
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Clip: 8/22/2022 | 3m 54s | Potent synthetic drug is one of biggest challenges for drug treatment centers (3m 54s)
Rutgers defends football players’ $450K DoorDash tab
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Clip: 8/22/2022 | 1m 28s | Footballers splashed out while athletics department operated at a $73-million deficit (1m 28s)
State to pay families $16M for COVID-19 veterans home deaths
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Clip: 8/22/2022 | 1m 3s | In settling 71 claims of negligence, the state admits no wrongdoing (1m 3s)
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