Brenda Flanagan

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Brenda Flanagan

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by NJ Spotlight News and shared as part of a content-sharing agreement between Mosaic.NJ.com and NJ Spotlight News. You can follow them on Facebook and Twitter (or X). Immigrant advocates in New Jersey are slamming recent deportations by the Trump administration. On March 15, 238 Venezuelans were forcibly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, a move the Trump administration justified in part under the Alien Enemies Act.

4 weeks ago | njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan

Immigrant advocates in New Jersey are slamming recent deportations by the Trump administration. On March 15, 238 Venezuelans were forcibly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, a move the Trump administration justified in part under the Alien Enemies Act. Critics called the move propaganda for a political agenda that’s masquerading as immigration enforcement. Amy Torres with the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice said the implicit suggestion is, “Look how dangerous these people are.

1 month ago | njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan

A New Jersey nurse at Mt. Sinai Hospital shared some pizza with co-workers back in March 2020. But they also unwittingly shared the COVID-19 virus, said one of them, Aliza Parver. And she got so sick that even months later, she needed a doctor’s note citing “ongoing COVID symptoms” that made her “not fit yet to return to work.”To this day, Parver suffers from long COVID. “It’s a roller coaster — and I still have ups and downs for the last five years,” Parver told NJ Spotlight News.

1 month ago | njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan

New Jersey car sales have plunged, part of a drop in consumer confidence — and Wall Street’s performance — reacting to President Donald Trump’s roller-coaster tariff policies. So said Laura Perrotta, president of New Jersey Coalition of Automotive Retailers, who contended the tariffs on auto parts could push vehicle prices up between $3,000 to $12,000. “They’re watching the headlines, and it’s spooking people, absolutely, ” said Perrotta.

1 month ago | njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan

Health care advocates joined U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th) at a Long Branch news conference on Friday to oppose potential raids on federal health funding, after House Republicans passed a budget plan that could chop Medicaid spending by $880 billion to help pay for extending President Trump’s proposed $4.5 trillion tax cuts. “We are in need of these services for community members,” said Adele Sammarco, spokeswoman for the Alzheimer’s Association.