immigration

Hundreds take to streets in Passaic County to protest Arizona immigration law

PASSAIC — Hundreds of marchers took part in a rally to denounce Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, according to a report in The Record.

Princeton Borough, Township allow illegal immigrants to get community identification cards

Aaron Houston/For The Star-LedgerA Mexicn member of the Princeton community fills out paperwork to purchase a Princeton Community ID Card at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton.

Princeton agrees to community identification cards for illegal immigrants

PRINCETON -- The borough and the township have agreed to have a May 22 start for advocates for immigrants to issue community identification cards, according to a report in The New York Times.

Protestors demonstrate against Arizona immigration legislation in Morristown, say law threatens civil rights

Frank H. Conlon/For The Star-LedgerPeople gather for a protest for immigration rights on the Green in Morristown.

Naturalization ceremony in Morristown welcomes 40 new U.S. citizens

Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerPreeti Kathavate of Edison and John Deacon after the oath of citizenship during the U.S.

Foreign workers fill many jobs at Jersey Shore despite pool of unemployed N.J. residents

The Star-LedgerA young boy play on the beach in Seaside Heights May 30, 2009.

N.J. shore towns benefit from international summer job seekers

Despite the economic downturn causing New Jersey to cut work force by 114,100 jobs last year, employers managed to add thousands by hiring potential employees abroad, according to a report by P

Community leaders urge immigrants to fill out census forms

Mitsu Yasukawa/ The Star-LedgerA billboard written in both English and Korean along Route 46 near Christine Lane in Fort Lee encourages immigrants to fill out census forms.

Catherine Tactaquin & Sarahi Uribe: Criminalizing Immigrants & the Fight Against Sheirff Joe

Two leaders in the immigrant justice movement talk about the national mobilization to challenge Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the fight to defend immigrant rights and win real reform.