Trump deportation campaign could cost taxpayers $269 billion, analysis finds
President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign is projected to cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $269 billion through the remainder of his term—New Jersey’s share is more than $10 billion—money that could otherwise finance health care for nearly 12 million people or employ more than 930,000 public school teachers, according to a new analysis of federal spending.…
Food insecurity in NJ nearly doubled over four years, new report says
by Lilo H. Stainton, New Jersey Monitor Food insecurity nearly doubled in New Jersey since 2020, with some 1.2 million people struggling to regularly afford food here, according to a nonprofit analysis of federal data. Statewide, 13% of Garden State residents could not always count on three meals a day in 2024, the latest federal…
NJ Supreme Court opinion on privacy law seen as win for data brokers
by Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor The New Jersey Supreme Court handed a major victory Wednesday to dozens of data firms that have alleged a state law that shields the addresses of judges and police officers from the public is unconstitutional. The unanimous ruling comes as the data brokers face a federal lawsuit filed by…
Jeffries vows accountability for Delaney Hall concentration camp
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries arrived in New Jersey on Tuesday with a simple message: President Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation agenda is “unjust and inhumane.” The Democratic leader visited Morristown and Newark to denounce conditions at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility, a privately operated center that has faced near-constant controversy since reopening last…
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