NJBallot NJBallot

Immigration Enforcement

Essex County Defends ICE Restrictions After DHS "Sanctuary" Attack

Essex County Defends ICE Restrictions After DHS "Sanctuary" Attack

The warrant rule took effect July 9. DHS answered four days later, and one federal suit was already dismissed. The...

Continue Reading
Federal Judge Dismisses DOJ Sanctuary-City Suit Against Four NJ Cities

Federal Judge Dismisses DOJ Sanctuary-City Suit Against Four NJ Cities

The municipal victory does not affect county jail contracts that generate revenue and house detainees. A federal judge  dismissed the...

Continue Reading
DHS Reportedly Selling Roxbury Warehouse, Abandoning ICE Detention Plan

DHS Reportedly Selling Roxbury Warehouse, Abandoning ICE Detention Plan

The Department of Homeland Security intends to offload a warehouse in Roxbury that a March 20 federal complaint describes as...

Continue Reading
AG Davenport Davenport Issues Rules for ICE Visits to NJ Schools, Hospitals

AG Davenport Davenport Issues Rules for ICE Visits to NJ Schools, Hospitals

State facilities must comply by December; private schools, hospitals and churches can adopt voluntarily.New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport published six model...

Continue Reading
Why Did DHS Fire Its Own Jail Inspectors? Inside the Newark Facility No One Can Enter

Why Did DHS Fire Its Own Jail Inspectors? Inside the Newark Facility No One Can Enter

Delaney Hall, a 1,000-bed ICE detention center on Doremus Avenue in Newark, sits at the center of a federalism fight...

Continue Reading
Progressives Turn on Sherrill, Accusing Her of Aiding ICE

Progressives Turn on Sherrill, Accusing Her of Aiding ICE

NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill is facing a sharp rebuke from the progressive left after deploying state...

Continue Reading
Hudson County Collects $20 Million A Year Housing ICE Detainees – And Has No Plans To Stop

Hudson County Collects $20 Million A Year Housing ICE Detainees – And Has No Plans To Stop

Hudson County has collected at least $166 million in federal payments since 2015 while neighboring Essex County terminated its contract...

Continue Reading
State Police Tear-Gas, Charge Crowd on Horseback at Newark ICE Facility

State Police Tear-Gas, Charge Crowd on Horseback at Newark ICE Facility

NEWARK, N.J.— Chemical smoke drifted across Doremus Avenue at 10:12 p.m. on May 29. Then the horses charged. NJBallot footage...

Continue Reading
Sherrill Denied Access to Delaney Hall As Hunger Strike Enters Sixth Day

Sherrill Denied Access to Delaney Hall As Hunger Strike Enters Sixth Day

Governor Mikie Sherrill requested access on Sunday evening. ICE turned her away Monday morning while roughly 300 detainees inside entered...

Continue Reading
Sherrill Denied Access to Delaney Hall: Inside NJ's Escalating War Over ICE Detention

Sherrill Denied Access to Delaney Hall: Inside NJ's Escalating War Over ICE Detention

NEWARK, N.J. — Governor Mikie Sherrill's request to tour Delaney Hall was formally denied on Sunday, making her the first...

Continue Reading