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Due to recent cuts to reporting requirements of deaths occurring after release, the complete number of deaths in and outside of detention could be even higher.

Immigration detention is cruel and inhumane. It’s also deadly.

Habeas corpus is a cornerstone of due process. At its core, it ensures that no person can be held by the government without the right to challenge their detention before a judge.

Let’s be clear: the Trump administration’s mass detention and deportation agenda must be stopped.

New evidence reveals the Trump administration worked to seal Mahmoud Khalil’s fate before he ever got his day in court.

For more than century, May Day has inspired action and mobilization for social justice movements.

Immigrants make our country more vibrant and stronger. The United States would not be the country it is without immigrant communities and nor would New Jersey. 

ACLU-NJ is launching "Write for Immigrants’ Rights," an initiative to send thousands 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.