Informative Sheets
The Washington Post reported that DHS wants to build 16 detention centers across the country, each with a capacity of 1,500 people or more. They will be created by converting local warehouses. And Roxbury is one of these cities.
If you oppose this idea, join us at the next Roxbury Town Council meeting and voice your opinion during the public comment section.
New Jersey’s Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative (DDDI)
If you know someone who is facing deportation and/or has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and needs legal support, please complete this referral form.
New Jersey’s minimum wage law took effect on July 1, 2019, lifting the earnings of more than one million workers. The goal of the law is to achieve a $15 hourly minimum wage without adversely affecting small and seasonal businesses, so incremental rates were set to give certain employers additional time to comply
We are facing a dangerous and irresponsible government shutdown caused by the unwillingness of both political parties to discuss and negotiate budget priorities. Democrats are trying to reverse cuts to Medicaid and public media approved in the law known as the Big Beautiful Bill (HR1), and are demanding an extension of health subsidies under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which expire at the end of this year.
On October 16, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that travel permits (parole) will cost US$1,000, in accordance with the budget law passed by Congress in July of this year, known as the Big Beautiful Bill. The increase in fees only makes it more difficult for someone to enter, remain, leave and re-enter, or remain free while continuing with their immigration proceedings. Increasing the cost of parole or travel permits constitutes an economic barrier.
Some candidates and their representatives in the New Jersey gubernatorial race are spreading misinformation, either out of ignorance or intentionally. Here are truths told by those who do know them, even though the politicians may not be talking to them or listening to them.
Little is said about those who die or disappear in the attempt to migrate. This page tracks news, reports and publications on migratory events, also compiling the identities of people who died or disappeared in their journey from Cuba to the US.
WITNESS empowers and supports activists and citizens around the world to publicize human rights abuse and use video safely and effectively in the fight for human rights.
The WITNESS Media Lab is dedicated to unlocking the potential of eyewitness video as a powerful tool for reporting, monitoring and defending human rights.
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