Senate Republicans Seek to Stop Immigrants from Voting in Local Elections Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently unveiled legislation that would bar federal funding to states and localities that allow noncitizens to vote. The legislation is in response to a decision from the New York City Council earlier this month that allows certain permanent residents and other foreign citizens to vote in local elections. The New York City READ MORE READ MORE

Yesterday, the Freeholders of Hudson County, New Jersey, approved a resolution that renews a contract with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house immigrant detainees at the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny, New Jersey. READ MORE

New Jersey’s Hudson County has agreed to maintain an immigrant detention facility for years to come. READ MORE

County prisons and state correctional facilities across New Jersey are earning tens of millions of dollars each year housing ICE detainees. READ MORE

ICE agents converged on 13 counties throughout New Jersey on Monday, in the largest immigration enforcement action in the state’s history.  READ MORE