Federal Government Will Extend Length of Work Authorization for Some Immigrants The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has announced plans to increase the validity length of work authorization cards for certain immigrant classifications. This is an effort to reduce the times that immigrant workers would need to file the applications. USCIS is currently facing an enormous backlog of nearly 4 million applications, leading to inordinately long delays 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