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Activists rally for closure of immigrant detention center
Clip: 8/21/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
NJ and Biden administration are at odds over a state law that would bar such facilities
Advocates rallied Sunday outside the Elizabeth Detention Center, the last remaining immigrant detention facility in New Jersey. They called for it to be closed within two weeks, when a state law barring the operation of such facilities is due to go into effect.
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Activists rally for closure of immigrant detention center
Clip: 8/21/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Advocates rallied Sunday outside the Elizabeth Detention Center, the last remaining immigrant detention facility in New Jersey. They called for it to be closed within two weeks, when a state law barring the operation of such facilities is due to go into effect.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipactivists this weekend rallied outside the Elizabeth Detention Center which is New Jersey's last remaining immigrant Detention Facility they're pushing for it to close in less than two weeks the date set by a state law that forbids facilities from renewing or entering into new contracts with ice but the Biden Administration has joined with core Civic which operates the Elizabeth Center and has sued the state saying the state law violates the Constitution a new report from NPR has shown several instances of barbaric and negligent conditions in these facilities with 11 residents dying in ice custody during the Biden Administration and immigration Advocates have alleged abuse and neglect at the Elizabeth Detention Center as well the presiding judges stated that closure of the facility would be catastrophic but hasn't yet ruled on the case as of today 198 detainees are awaiting deportation trials in the Elizabeth Detention Center support for the medical report is provided by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Advocates push to protect reproductive rights
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Dems alter 27th District slate, critics call it shenanigans
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Clip: 8/21/2023 | 4m 2s | A final committee vote on the new slate of candidates is expected Thursday (4m 2s)
Firefighters work to contain Wharton State Forest wildfire
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Clip: 8/21/2023 | 44s | Officials said the fire was 40% contained as of Monday afternoon (44s)
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Judge blocks 3 school districts’ parental notifications
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Residents angry over lack of updates on condemned buildings
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