Immigration Weekly Round-Up: New Jersey Steps Closer to Banning Immigration Detention; Immigrants Eschewed Vital Benefits in Fear of Immigration Consequences; TPS Expanded for Haitians
Friday, May 28, 2021
State Bill Would End ICE Contracts in New Jersey
The Law and Public Safety Committee of the New Jersey State Senate has advanced a bill that would bar local governments and private prisons from entering into any contracts to house or detain people for civil immigration violations. The New Jersey bill would also prohibit the renewal of any existing contracts, including between both Hudson and Bergen county facilities and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). State Senator Loretta Weinberg, a sponsor of the bill, thanked the continued advocacy by groups such as New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union, which had called for closures of ICE facilities for years, stating that “no human should be imprisoned because of their immigration status.”
The full State Senate, as well as the State Assembly, must also pass the bill before it can be presented to Governor Phil Murphy to sign into law. The Norris McLaughlin Immigration Law Blog, “Immigration Matters,” will continue to monitor this issue as it develops.
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/immigration-weekly-round-new-jersey-steps-closer-to-banning-immigration-detention
