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NJ prisons can no longer house immigrant detainees for ICE
Clip: 8/20/2021 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
A private prison in Union County recently renewed ICE housing contract for two years
Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation on Friday immediately banning all state and local governments in New Jersey from renewing existing contracts or entering into new contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigration detainees. The law extends to private facilities but does not terminate any current contracts.
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NJ prisons can no longer house immigrant detainees for ICE
Clip: 8/20/2021 | 1m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation on Friday immediately banning all state and local governments in New Jersey from renewing existing contracts or entering into new contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigration detainees. The law extends to private facilities but does not terminate any current contracts.
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Businesses face challenges to get into NJ’s marijuana market
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Clip: 8/20/2021 | 4m 10s | There's a a special focus on providing social and racial equity in the market. (4m 10s)
Families decry restricted visits to those in long-term care
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Clip: 8/20/2021 | 4m | Cecilia Candeloro of Union County describes her battle to spend time with her mother. (4m)
Former NJ gov on ‘one of the great intelligence failures’
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Clip: 8/20/2021 | 4m 10s | Kean supports the withdrawal, saying it needed to happen (4m 10s)
Grant program to aid NJ's for-profit performance venues
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Clip: 8/20/2021 | 2m 49s | It’s been a tough road to recovery for the state’s arts and culture industry. (2m 49s)
NJ added 14,600 jobs in July. Unemployment rate still rose
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Clip: 8/20/2021 | 59s | Many of the new jobs were added in the state's private sector (59s)
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