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ACLU-NJ is launching "Write for Immigrants’ Rights," an initiative to send hundreds of postcards to Gov. Sherrill urging her to support and sign critical legislation that will strengthen immigrant protections.

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.

New Jersey communities are willing – and ready – to keep fighting for their rights.

Legislators must pass the People’s Agenda during lame duck to expand and protect the rights of all New Jerseyans.

Lame duck is an opportunity for lawmakers to build a fairer, more equitable future for all New Jerseyans. The ACLU-NJ calls on the Legislature to prioritize these key issues and bills ahead of the Sherrill administration.

The Trump administration is targeting New Jersey for lawfully declining to carry out its anti-immigrant agenda.

As the Trump administration aggressively targets community members for detention and deportation, New Jersey must do more to defend immigrants’ rights.

May Day is an important moment in the fight to advance immigrants’ rights.

As she prepares to welcome her first child with husband Mahmoud Khalil, Dr. Noor Abdalla writes to her husband one month after he was unlawfully detained for exercising his free speech rights.