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What Immigration Reform Means to NJ
In January, 2013, President Obama made the announcement that many of us interested in immigration reform have been waiting to hear: that this administration is going to do something to fix our broken immigration system. Under the Obama immigration proposal, the millions of people who are in the United States without documentation would be given a path to citizenship. We say hooray and it's about time. Often when people think of immigration reform, they think of it in abstract terms. But the truth is that the current system has a deep impact right here in New Jersey. We see it as close as with the workers we serve in Palisades Park, many of whom are undocumented and who are victimized by below-minimum wage pay, unsafe work environments and wage theft. That's right, all too often these men work hard ... Read more