Immigration Enforcement & Detention

The ACLU-NJ has been instrumental in limiting how local law enforcement interacts with federal immigration officials, ensuring access to due process for detained people, curbing immigration detention in New Jersey, and holding detention centers accountable.

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Our immigration detention system locks up hundreds of thousands of immigrants unnecessarily every year, separating families and exposing people in detention to brutal and inhumane conditions of confinement.

In America, and in New Jersey, liberty should be the norm for everyone. The ACLU-NJ has been instrumental in limiting how local law enforcement interacts with federal immigration officials, ensuring access to due process for detained people, curbing immigration detention in New Jersey, and holding detention centers accountable.

The Latest

Press Release
Press Release

ACLU-NJ Responds to Reports of DHS Violating Judicial Orders in New Jersey

The revelation that the Department of Homeland Security violated dozens of judicial orders in New Jersey is shamefully unsurprising.
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Press Release ACLU of New Jersey

ACLU-NJ Responds to Assembly Committee Passage of Immigrant Protection Bills

It is imperative that we build on the state’s commitment to creating a fair and welcoming community for everyone who calls New Jersey home.
Press Release
Press Release ACLU of New Jersey

ACLU-NJ Statement on Gov. Sherrill’s Executive Order Limiting Use of State Property for Federal Immigration Enforcement

New Jersey must do everything in its power to keep families safe and defend democracy, and that includes immediate passage of legislation protecting our residents from ICE.
News & Commentary
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Cruelty at Delaney Hall Is Yet More Proof of the Trump Administration’s Horrific Immigration Agenda

Until all Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers across the country are closed, and every family is reunited, we must continue to advocate for the end of immigration detention.
Campaign
Aug 2025

Advancing Immigrants’ Rights

We must build a fair and welcoming state for all people – regardless of immigration status. It’s past time for New Jersey to end its participation in the federal detention and deportation system, as states like Connecticut and California have done. New Jersey must pass the Immigrant Trust Act.
Campaign
Sep 2024

Advancing Immigrants’ Rights

We must build a fair and welcoming state for all people – regardless of immigration status. It’s past time for New Jersey to end its participation in the federal detention and deportation system, as states like Connecticut and California have done. New Jersey must pass the Immigrant Trust Act.