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Mayors are not agents of federal immigration enforcement. Their job is to protect their constituents, especially from federal policies that place limits on fundamental rights at the core of our democracy.
Read our full statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
Read our full statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
May 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Mayors are not agents of federal immigration enforcement. Their job is to protect their constituents, especially from federal policies that place limits on fundamental rights at the core of our democracy.
Read our full statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
Read our full statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
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It is crucial that New Jersey towns support unhoused communities by prioritizing care and rehabilitation, not criminalization.
Read more from Policy Counsel DaWuan Norwood: www.aclu-nj.org/en/news/summ...
Read more from Policy Counsel DaWuan Norwood: www.aclu-nj.org/en/news/summ...
As Summit Considers Banning Sleeping in Public Spaces, Community Members Demand More Humane Policies
For the city council to address homelessness humanely, members must focus on ensuring easily accessible shelters and resources for those experiencing homelessness, not further criminalizing
www.aclu-nj.org
May 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It is crucial that New Jersey towns support unhoused communities by prioritizing care and rehabilitation, not criminalization.
Read more from Policy Counsel DaWuan Norwood: www.aclu-nj.org/en/news/summ...
Read more from Policy Counsel DaWuan Norwood: www.aclu-nj.org/en/news/summ...
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BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested at Delaney Hall by the Department of Homeland Security.
Read our statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
Read our statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
May 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been arrested at Delaney Hall by the Department of Homeland Security.
Read our statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
Read our statement: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
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Dissent is not grounds for deportation.
April 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Dissent is not grounds for deportation.
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The government acknowledges that it ripped our client Mahmoud Khalil from his home and his family solely because of his political beliefs and expression.
Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
apnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The government acknowledges that it ripped our client Mahmoud Khalil from his home and his family solely because of his political beliefs and expression.
Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
Ideas aren’t illegal. Mahmoud must be released.
apnews.com/article/mahm...
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Last week, we took a trip to Newark City Hall where ACLU-NJ Policy Counsel DaWuan Norwood was sworn in to serve on the Newark Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).
Congrats, DaWuan! Proud to have you serve in this critical role.
Congrats, DaWuan! Proud to have you serve in this critical role.
April 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Last week, we took a trip to Newark City Hall where ACLU-NJ Policy Counsel DaWuan Norwood was sworn in to serve on the Newark Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).
Congrats, DaWuan! Proud to have you serve in this critical role.
Congrats, DaWuan! Proud to have you serve in this critical role.
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BREAKING: the U.S. District Court ruled that Mahmoud Khalil's challenge to his unlawful detention will continue in New Jersey.
This ruling shows that the government cannot manipulate the judiciary as part of its illegal effort to suppress free speech.
Read more: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
This ruling shows that the government cannot manipulate the judiciary as part of its illegal effort to suppress free speech.
Read more: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
In Big Win, Court Rules Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawsuit Should Move Forward in New Jersey
This important decision comes after ICE sent Mr. Khalil to a detention facility in Louisiana, almost 1,500 miles away from his family.
www.aclu-nj.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: the U.S. District Court ruled that Mahmoud Khalil's challenge to his unlawful detention will continue in New Jersey.
This ruling shows that the government cannot manipulate the judiciary as part of its illegal effort to suppress free speech.
Read more: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
This ruling shows that the government cannot manipulate the judiciary as part of its illegal effort to suppress free speech.
Read more: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
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We’re at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey this morning for Mahmoud Khalil’s hearing.
FREE MAHMOUD KHALIL NOW!
@ccrjustice.org @nyulaw.bsky.social @aclu.org @nyclu.org
FREE MAHMOUD KHALIL NOW!
@ccrjustice.org @nyulaw.bsky.social @aclu.org @nyclu.org
March 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We’re at the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey this morning for Mahmoud Khalil’s hearing.
FREE MAHMOUD KHALIL NOW!
@ccrjustice.org @nyulaw.bsky.social @aclu.org @nyclu.org
FREE MAHMOUD KHALIL NOW!
@ccrjustice.org @nyulaw.bsky.social @aclu.org @nyclu.org
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Free Mahmoud Khalil now.
March 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Free Mahmoud Khalil now.
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🚨 A new 1,000-bed ICE detention center is planned to open in Delaney Hall in Newark.
This facility places our immigrant communities in further danger of the Trump administration’s unconstitutional, racist & xenophobic mass detention & deportation agenda.
Read more: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
This facility places our immigrant communities in further danger of the Trump administration’s unconstitutional, racist & xenophobic mass detention & deportation agenda.
Read more: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
ACLU-NJ Statement on ICE Contracting Delaney Hall for Immigration Detention
The ACLU of New Jersey today responded to the signing of a new contract for GEO Group, Inc. to open Delaney Hall in Newark as a detention facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The
www.aclu-nj.org
February 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚨 A new 1,000-bed ICE detention center is planned to open in Delaney Hall in Newark.
This facility places our immigrant communities in further danger of the Trump administration’s unconstitutional, racist & xenophobic mass detention & deportation agenda.
Read more: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
This facility places our immigrant communities in further danger of the Trump administration’s unconstitutional, racist & xenophobic mass detention & deportation agenda.
Read more: www.aclu-nj.org/en/press-rel...
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Unsurprisingly, the US carceral system is still in its flop era.
It does not keep anyone safe – in reality, the effects it has on incarcerated people, their families, and their communities are cruel and devastating, and we're all worse off for it.
It does not keep anyone safe – in reality, the effects it has on incarcerated people, their families, and their communities are cruel and devastating, and we're all worse off for it.
December 5, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Unsurprisingly, the US carceral system is still in its flop era.
It does not keep anyone safe – in reality, the effects it has on incarcerated people, their families, and their communities are cruel and devastating, and we're all worse off for it.
It does not keep anyone safe – in reality, the effects it has on incarcerated people, their families, and their communities are cruel and devastating, and we're all worse off for it.
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"It’s a part of an incarcerated person’s punishment to carry the knowledge that both we and the people we meet may one day never see a new morning."
By Demetrius Buckley for @prismreports.bsky.social's Right to Write project
prismreports.org/2024/11/13/p...
By Demetrius Buckley for @prismreports.bsky.social's Right to Write project
prismreports.org/2024/11/13/p...
Everything in prison is timely, except when our lives are on the line
Prison is bound to a punitive clock—a clock that was ignored when it could have saved a life
prismreports.org
November 21, 2024 at 9:35 PM
"It’s a part of an incarcerated person’s punishment to carry the knowledge that both we and the people we meet may one day never see a new morning."
By Demetrius Buckley for @prismreports.bsky.social's Right to Write project
prismreports.org/2024/11/13/p...
By Demetrius Buckley for @prismreports.bsky.social's Right to Write project
prismreports.org/2024/11/13/p...
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How do we talk with kids about incarceration, fascism, genocide without fueling despair? As we discuss w/ Regina Mahone at @thenation.com, “we can introduce the fact that wherever there is crisis, wherever there’s injustice, there is also a struggle for liberation.”
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
How Love Fuels Resistance: Parenting for Liberation
Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson discuss their new anthology, We Grow the World Together, about how caregiving and the organizing work of abolitionists can go hand in hand.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:43 PM
How do we talk with kids about incarceration, fascism, genocide without fueling despair? As we discuss w/ Regina Mahone at @thenation.com, “we can introduce the fact that wherever there is crisis, wherever there’s injustice, there is also a struggle for liberation.”
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...