Jelani Gibson

4 days ago | nj.com | Jelani Gibson |Brent Johnson

A day after the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city was arrested at an immigration detention center in the city, a spokeswoman suggested President Donald Trump‘s administration may also arrest Democratic members of Congress. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said in an interview Saturday morning on CNN that “there will likely be more arrests coming” in addition to the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Friday.

5 days ago | nj.com | Steve Strunsky |Jelani Gibson

Three members of Congress denied an accusation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that “stormed a gate and broke into” an immigrant detention center just before Newark’s mayor was arrested on Friday. “That’s a lie,” U.S. Rep. Lamonica McIver, D-10th District, said upon reading a statement released by DHS late Friday afternoon. “None of this happened.”DHS issued the statement following the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras J.

1 month ago | nj.com | Jelani Gibson |Lauren Giselle Musni

A bill that would increase tipped workers’ pay to full minimum wage in New Jersey was met with much opposition Thursday, as most state lawmakers seemed ready to say no after a heated testimony. The specific proposal, A5433, sponsored by state Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, D-Mercer, suggests increasing tipped workers’ pay to the current minimum wage of $15.49 without using their tips to do so.

1 month ago | nj.com | Susan Livio |Jelani Gibson

New Jersey’s finances are holding steady at the moment, but if spending continues at this rate, the state will deplete almost all of its $6.3 billion surplus account within the next two years, budget analysts said Tuesday. In the first hearing on Gov.

2 months ago | msn.com | Susan Livio |Jelani Gibson

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