When the police arrived to find Mr. Bonilla covered in blood, he tried to explain to the officers what had happened, but they wouldn't let him speak. They arrested him and brought him to the police station. more>

VIDEO :: Former mayoral candidate John Harmon threw his support to Manuel "Manny" Segura, who is running for Mayor in a special election. more>

VIDEO :: An Ecuadorian man, Julio Serrano, 39, is currently fighting for his life after he was beaten by at least four people in an incident that Peekskill police are investigating as a possible bias attack. more>

Close to 200 street vendors were left without a means to make a living when Newark, N.J. city authorities refused to issue vendor licenses to undocumented workers.   more>

In a survey conducted by Wind of the Spirit [Viento del Espíritu], a nonprofit organization that aims to help immigrants and non-immigrants come to know each other, immigrant residents of Morristown, New Jersey expressed feelings of fear and mistrust when asked about the potential cooperation between police and immigration authorities if the Secure Communities program goes into effect. more>

The orange suit reminiscent of prison garb with the inscription "Illegal Alien" across the chest has pitted immigrant advocates against freedom of expression defenders.

VIDEO :: Immigrant advocates are urging retailers to pull a Halloween costume depicting a space creature in orange prison garb emblazoned with the words "illegal alien." more>

Children and teens from across New Jersey held vigils to advocate for keeping families together, a halt to roundups, arrests and deportations, and to restore family values to immigration policies and legislation. more>

Owing up to 11 months in back rent, families must move out within 10 days, or the Sherriff's office will remove them from their homes. more>

After being let go from their respective jobs and faced with the impossibility of paying the rents for their rooms, these men, construction workers and gardeners, had been living in the streets for about three months. more>

It's a cold morning in November and José Mendoza stands at the corner of East Front and New Streets in Plainfield, New Jersey, looking for work. He hasn't had a job in three weeks. more>

Passport renewal forms requiring a parent’s signature present a bureaucratic hurdle that is preventing U.S. citizen minors from returning home. more>

Mothers and wives – immigrants who came to the United States in search of a better future for their families – now find themselves wearing an electronic ankle bracelet and facing the possibility of having to leave the country and return to a place they no longer recognize as their own. more>

“Many [homeless] have problems with alcohol or drugs, and you can't force them to go to the city shelters,” said Hudson County social worker Rosalía Reyes. “They seek out places like train tracks or this cemetery because according to them these are desolate places where they can live and no one will interfere.” more>

A flyer sent by mail to African-American voters in Penns Grove during the mayoral race read: “We need you to come to the polls on June 5th. We cannot afford to sit home and let Penns Grove be turned over to the Puerto Ricans.” more>

A popular local radio show, “La Cuca Gotcha,” a reference to catching cockroaches, is asking its audience to turn in illegal immigrants who live in New Jersey to federal authorities. more>

The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) is taking the Board of Education in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania to federal court, seeking to strike out a rule that requires students, who want register for school, to present a Social Security card. more>

With claims of access to “miracle” permanent residency papers, Plainfield’s Pastor Tito Sotelo leaves many victims. more>

Pedophiles often use chat rooms to contact minors for illicit sex. But authorities in New York and New Jersey have yet to create a special unit responsible for overseeing Internet chat rooms in Spanish. more>

José, a 73-year-old man who lives in a home for the elderly in Union City, feels lonely and sees prostitutes to have sexual relations once a month, without any type of protection. He is convinced that at his age he cannot be infected. more>

The change in regulations for issuing driver’s licenses in New Jersey has forced undocumented immigrants to find alternatives for obtaining them: travel long distances or risk the use of false documents. more>

The 19 young women, including six minors, forced to work in a New Jersey bar discovered during a federal raid in Union City last month, will not be deported and will remain in a safe place, until officials determine if they qualify for visas. more>

Long-time union organizer at New Jersey’s seaports, José Gilberto Soto, was shot to death outside his mother’s house, while visiting his home country. Claiming that the Salvadoran police are doing nothing, U.S. unions offered a $75,000 reward. more>

Workers who gather at Throckmorton Street in Freehold, N.J could be arrested and deported. The campaign to disseminate the Council’s decision includes announcements over the radio and the distribution of flyers in Freehold as well as in Mexico, in places such as Oaxaca, Chiapas and Puebla. more>

Waiting for death to provide physical and spiritual rest for his mother, Víctor Ortega has accused the authorities of Rose Mountain Care Center of negligence. He’s not the only one, either. more>