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Governor Christie has expressed that he feels the country needs to secure its borders, and limit illegal immigrants from moving in. He stated that there could be a chance that these immigrants will be housed in New Jersey.

Legislation granting driving privileges to some New Jersey residents living in the United States illegally was pulled from the Assembly Transportation Committee Thursday by the bill's sponsor so it can be retooled.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reached a compromise with the state Senate leader on a bill easing college tuition costs for students in the U.S. illegally, and said he's owed an apology by anyone who doubted his commitment to enacting immigrant tuition legislation.

A bill that would help students in the U.S. illegally pay for their college educations has advanced.

Gov. Chris Christie, a likely 2016 Republican presidential candidate whose inroads among Hispanics helped him to a landslide re-election victory, could soon be handed an immigration bill that grants in-state tuition to students illegally brought to the U.S. as children.

A group of New Jersey mayors have sent a letter to state lawmakers, urging them to pass the so-called DREAM act, which would allow undocumented students in New Jersey to qualify for in-state tuition and state scholarships.

Declaring "now is the time" to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesday heralded a rare show of bipartisanship between the White House and Senate lawmakers on basic plans for putting millions of illegal immigrants on a pathway to citizenship, cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders.

New Jersey's largest city will become home to one of the newest immigrant detention centers in the nation.