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Leading New Jersey advocates called with even greater urgency for universal representation of immigrants in detention following the Department of Justice’s announced suspension of a vital legal information program.
The ACLU-NJ strongly condemned the inclusion of a question about citizenship that the Trump administration has confirmed will be included in the 2020 census survey.
The following statement can be attributed to ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha:
The ACLU of New Jersey commended the passage of measures in the Senate today that could expand financial aid eligibility to a larger number of immigrant students and a measure that could lead to more impartial investigations when individuals are killed during an interaction with law enforcement.
The ACLU-NJ issues the following statement, attributable to ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha, in response to Governor Phil Murphy’s budget address delivered March 13: