Appeals court overturns NJ ban on immigration detention contracts

ICE Is Redefining Detention as an Open-Ended Threat

The agency is arresting more people, ramping up its capacity to hold them and firing immigration judges. That’s a dangerous combination.

Judge Blocks New Jersey Democrats from Banning ICE Detention Center

A federal court has foiled plans by New Jersey Democrats to circumvent national immigration enforcement, following a push to end the use of detention centers in the state.

Largest immigrant detention site on East Coast set for NJ?

Pentagon also plans to use airfield at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst for deportation flights The post NJ to get largest immigrant detention site on East Coast? appeared first on NJ Spotlight News.

NJ Law Banning Immigration Detention Contracts Overturned by US Appeals Court

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday struck down a New Jersey law that bans operators from contracting with the federal government to run immigration detention centers in the state.

Appeals court overturns NJ ban on immigration detention contracts

A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a New Jersey law banning private operators from gaining contracts with the federal government to run immigration detention centers. The 2-1 ruling allows prison firm CoreCivic to continue operating New Jersey’s Elizabeth Detention Center, which has drawn broad attention amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. “[J]ust…

Wife says she’s ‘beyond devastated’ after Vancouver man’s loss in immigration court

A judge on Wednesday declined to halt deportation proceedings against a Vancouver man detained by immigration officials in June.