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Menendez pushes new immigration plan, slaps Biden administration for some similarities to Trump

April 21, 2023 2:05 pm

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez sharply criticized President Joe Biden’s record on immigration issues today, at one point comparing the Democratic president to Republican Donald Trump. “It’s deeply troubling to me that the Biden administration, like the administrations...

More than 175,000 New Americans are from New Jersey

September 26, 2022 12:23 amSeptember 26, 2022 12:39 pm

New Jersey has 177,890 newly naturalized U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in the 2022 general election that could play a critical role in determining key races, according to a report from Make the Road New Jersey, New Jersey...

Menendez, Murphy condemn DeSantis for Martha’s Vineyard migrant ‘stunt’

September 16, 2022 3:48 pmSeptember 17, 2022 5:54 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Gov. Phil Murphy both released statements today blasting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for sending two planes of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, an action which Murphy condemned as “a stunt designed only to improve...

Scarinci: The Law behind the Trump Presidential Records Investigation

September 5, 2022 3:00 pmSeptember 5, 2022 3:01 pm

Since the day the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, talking heads have consumed hundreds of hours of cable news time speculating about it and spinning it. Few of those hours have explained the legal reasoning behind the search warrant. Presidential Records...

Bill to eliminate the term ‘alien’ from state code advances in Senate

June 13, 2022 2:32 pmJune 13, 2022 2:33 pm

A bill that would eliminate the terms “alien” and “illegal alien” from the state code and replace them with “foreign national” or “undocumented foreign national” advanced from the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism, and Historic Preservation Committee today by a...

Murphy repeats condemnation of Russia, support for Ukraine

March 4, 2022 3:29 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy reiterated his support for the Ukrainian people today amid the ongoing Russian invasion, and laid out a number of steps he is taking or planning to take to sever New Jersey’s ties with the Russian government and...

Bruck co-leads letter supporting DACA protections

November 22, 2021 10:54 am

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck – alongside California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and 21 other attorneys general across the country – issued a letter on Friday supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s proposal...