A proposal to make around 600 undocumented immigrants eligible for financial aid to attend New Jersey colleges is now one vote from Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk.
You say tomato I say tomato. you say potato I say potato. You say undocumented, I say illegal. The Associated Press says “here illegally,” I say illegal!
The Associated Press's official guidance issued in 2013 is to describe someone as being here illegally, rather than "illegal immigrant," the distinction being that a person isn't illegal but his action is.
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The group New Jersey Policy Perspective has released a new report that calls on the state legislature to pass a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to get drivers licenses.
Now that NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio has announced that undocumented illegals will be given municipal ids, how long before more of New Jersey follows suit?
A number of New Jersey’s illegal immigrants would be eligible for in-state tuition rates and state aid for college under a bill advanced by the State Senate Budget Committee today. It is called the DREAM Act and it is being touted as tuition equality.
This past Saturday hundreds marched through the streets of Freehold attended by immigrants and activists calling for what they feel are much needed reforms in our immigration policy.
The big question is whether or not there should be a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented (read: illegal) immigrants living here, especially in communities like Freehold...