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The following are some web pages from the past. Dates are approximate.

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    Oct. 7, 2009
    Report Critical of Scope of Immigration Detention

    Nina Bernstein
    New York Times


    Oct. 4, 2009
    Immigration detainees at Middlesex County jail may move within 10 days

    Gene Racz
    my Central Jersey


    Oct. 1, 2009
    Middlesex County freeholders vote to end contract with ICE for keeping detainees at jail

    Gene Racz
    my Central Jersey


    Sep. 2, 2009
    AG warns NJ police against immigration patrols

    BETH DeFALCO
    The Philadelphia Inquirer


    Jul. 24, 2009
    RIGHTS-US: Byzantine World of Immigration Detention

    William Fisher
    IPS News Service


    Jul. 13, 2009
    Morristown immigrants fearful of new federal enforcement policy

    Tanya Drobness
    The Star Ledger


    May. 5, 2009
    Justices Limit Use of Identity Theft Law in Immigration Cases

    ADAM LIPTAK and JULIA PRESTON
    New York Times


    Apr. 16, 2009
    Avenel man facing deportation sent home credits faith to surprising turn of events

    RICK MALWITZ
    myCentralJersey.com


    Apr. 15, 2009
    Study Says Police Misuse Immigration-Inquiry Rule

    Nina Bernstein
    The New York Times


    Apr. 15, 2009
    Family Secrets

    Timothy Egan
    The New York Times


    Apr. 2, 2009
    Immigrant Detainee Dies, and a Life Is Buried, Too

    Nina Bernstein
    The New York Times


    Mar. 31, 2009
    Highland Park church rallies as member is moved to West Coast facility for deportation

    RICK MALWITZ
    MyCentralJersey.com


    Mar. 18, 2009
    Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars

    Ben Case
    Inter Press Service


    Mar. 16, 2009
    Immigrants face detention, few rights

    International Herald Tribune


    Mar. 12, 2009
    In City of Lawyers, Many Immigrants Fighting Deportation Go It Alone

    Nina Bernstein
    The New York Times


    Mar. 12, 2009
    Priest’s Video Contradicts Police Report on Arrest

    CHRISTINE NEGRONI
    The New York Times


    Feb. 13, 2009
    Detainee and his Dearest Meri find happiness

    Helen O'Neill
    NJ.com


    Feb. 13, 2009
    100,000 Parents of Citizens Were Deported Over 10 Years

    MICHAEL FALCONE
    The New York Times


    Feb. 10, 2009
    Letter

    Sarah Ignatius
    The New York Times


    Feb. 4, 2009
    Target of Immigrant Raids Shifted

    Nina Bernstein
    The New York Times


    Feb. 4, 2009
    Monica Yant Kinney: Two stories, both with good endings

    Monica Yant Kinney
    The Philadelphia Inquirer


    Feb. 1, 2009
    Monica Yant Kinney: An American dream cut short

    Monica Yant Kinney
    The Philadelphia Inquirer


    Jan. 15, 2009
    U.S. Issues Scathing Report on Immigrant Who Died in Detention

    Nina Bernstein
    New York Times


    Jan. 8, 2009
    Ruling Says Deportation Cases May Not Be Appealed Over Lawyer Errors

    John Schwartz
    The New York Times


    Dec. 26, 2008
    City of Immigrants Fills Jail Cells With Its Own

    Nina Bernstein
    The New York Times


    Dec. 10, 2008
    ACLU to Unveil New Immigration Report at Human Rights Forum

    Press Release
    ACLU of NJ


    Oct. 18, 2008
    Activists want Middlesex County to stop holding immigrant detainees in jail

    GENE RACZ
    Home News


    Oct. 5, 2008
    Death of Detained Immigrant Inspires Online Game With Goal of Educating Players

    Nina Bernstein
    The New York Times


    Sep. 11, 2008
    A Matter of Justine

    Jane Guskin
    The Huffington Post


    Aug. 17, 2008
    Mr. Ng’s Death

    Editors
    The New York Times


    Jun. 11, 2008
    IMMIGRATION RAIDS AND DETENTIONS

    Senator Robert Menendez
    Senator's website


    Jun. 5, 2008
    Thin ICE

    Jacqueline Stevens
    The Nation


    Jun. 3, 2008
    The Great Immigration Panic

    The New York Times


    May. 22, 2008
    DHS Will Face Questions on Care of Detained Immigrants

    Spencer S. Hsu
    Washington Post


    May. 14, 2008
    Rally planned Thursday in New Brunswick to protest holding of immigrant detainees

    GENE RACZ
    Courier News


    May. 13, 2008
    Menendez introduces companion bill - medical care for immigrant detainees after news of 2 NJ deaths

    kwilkinson
    BlueJerseyDotCom


    May. 13, 2008
    A Surgeon’s Path From Migrant Fields to Operating Room

    Claudia Dreifus
    New York Times


    May. 12, 2008
    Careless Detention: A Series of Four Articles

    Dana Priest and Amy Goldstein
    The Washington Post


    May. 6, 2008
    Death by Detention

    Editorial
    The New York Times


    May. 5, 2008
    For Immigrants Who Died in U.S. Custody, Few Details Provided

    Nina Bernstein
    The New York Times


    May. 1, 2008
    Immigrants Challenge U.S. System of Detention

    Nina Bernstein
    The New York Times


    Apr. 28, 2008
    Christie: Illegal immigrants aren't criminals

    JULIE O'CONNOR
    Star-Ledger


    Apr. 19, 2008
    Activists: Detainees lack health care in jail

    Gene Racz
    Home News Tribune


    Mar. 15, 2008
    Petition cites detainee's death

    Ken Serrano
    Home News Tribune


    Mar. 8, 2008
    Immigration Policy in U.S. Is Criticized by U.N. Aide

    AP
    New York Times


    Feb. 26, 2008
    Study: Incarceration rate lower for immigrants

    Jill Tucker
    San Francisco Chronicle


    Oct. 27, 2007
    Jail conditions spur federal judge to cut inmate's sentence

    nj.com


    Sep. 12, 2007
    New Jersey voices added to U.S. report

    SAMANTHA HENRY
    Herald News


    Jun. 26, 2007
    New Scrutiny as Immigrants Die in Custody

    NINA BERNSTEIN
    New York Times


    Jun. 17, 2007
    US judge says jail officials can force-feed starving immigration detainee

    PR-inside,com