In the News

July 29, 2008 - Daily Record - Immigrant supporters march in Morristown Participants in vigil call for reforms, recognition of laborers' dignity, identity
July29, 2008 - The Star Ledger - Morristown rally urges tolerance in community
July 20, 2008 - New York Times - Immigrant, Pregnant, Is Jailed Under Pact
June 15, 2008 - Daily Record "College access for aliens debated At issue: What place, if any, they have for undocumented"
July 14, 2008 - Daily Record - "Transformation: One year after the ProAmerica Rally" Posted by Robb Pearson
June 13, 2008 - A Personal Account of the Largest ICE Raid in US History, Erik Camayd-Freixas, Ph.D., Florida International University
June 19, 2008 - Daily Record - Day laborers charge nothing to tidy up Morristown streets
June 19, 2008 - www.impre.com - Acción cívica de jornaleros en NJ - La jornada de trabajo busca cambiar la percepción que tienen los vecinos
June 18, 2008 - www. NJ.com - Day laborers clean up Motown streets
June 3, 2008 - New York Times Editorial - The Great Immigration Panic
04/ 28/08 - Christie tells Dover: Being undocumented 'not a crime'
02/22/08 - Morris rejects jail wing for illegals - northjersey.com
02/22/08 - Posted from the Daily Record newsroom Cresitello to confront county over immigration enforcement - DAILY RECORD
09/26/07 - New York Times -
Towns Rethink Laws Against Illegal Immigrants
07/07 - Star-Ledger -
Morris not eager to help town on migrants
Officials oppose using jail as holding area
09/02/07 - Daily Record
" Two N.J. mayors, two immigration views Morristown's head thinks cops should be deputized; Hightstown's disagrees"
08/7/07 - Daily Record
Corzine forms panel to review immigration policy Blue Ribbon Advisory board has 15 months to outline help for state's foreign-born
07/29/07 - NJ.COM
"Reflections on Morristown" Read the post by Amy Gottlieb -
07/22/07 - Star Ledger
Many immigrants were legal only because there were no rules
06/18/07 - Star-Ledger
Day laborers in Morristown rally for rights, Workers also learn how to better organize
06/18/07 - Daily Record
Day laborers' plea: Stop the raids - Immigrants, supporters from N.J., N.Y. gather in Morristown
06/7/07  -- The Case For Amnesty
06/4/07 - Daily Record
"Immigration advocates: Know your rights - How reform could change rules focus of Dover forum"
05/4/07 - New York Times EDITORIAL
"Family Values, Betrayed"

05/3/07 - Star-Ledger
"Morristown accused of discrimination Hispanic groups suggest government policies to help illegal immigrants"

05/3/07 - Daily Record
"State: Don't deputize Morristown cops as immigration agents Latino groups issue report against plan, say they asked Corzine to speak out"

05/3/07 - Daily Record
Cresitello putting target on immigrant 'criminals'

05/01/07 - Daily Record - "Listen to president - Bush is right about immigration policy"
04/15/07 - Star-Ledger - New faces, an old story Immigrants came a century ago
MORRISTOWN DAILY RECORD EDITORIAL SAYS:
04/14/07
- Daily Record
"We need the facts - Can mayor link violent crime to illegal residents?"
04/12/07 - Daily Record
Latino leader asks feds to reject Morristown deputizing request
In letter to Chertoff, says mayor's plans not in line with purpose of the law
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Click to read the letter to Secretary Chertoff »
Click to read the letter to the Mayor of Morristown »
04/9/07 - Daily Record "Bush's $3,500 visa plan called too costly in Morris" - Immigrants, advocates, officials say illegals couldn't afford to pay
New York Times, Sunday, April 8, 2007, New Jersey Section Editorial
"Morristown's Incendiary Mayor"
Click to read »
04/6/07 - Daily Record - Feds offer helping hand to Morris day workers - Wind of the Spirit, government target issues about pay
04/6/07 - Star-Ledger - Alliance aims to ensure labor safeguards - Immigrants advocacy group strikes a deal with feds
04/6/07 -Daily Record Letter to the Editor - Cresitello looking for headlines?
04/5/07 - Daily Record - Morristown deputizing plan differs from 1st town - Suburb of Washington will not crack down on stacking, contractors
04/4/07 - Star-Ledger - Morristown union feels 'betrayed' by mayor Local is angry over immigration efforts
04/1/07 - Daily Record - Letter to the Editor - "Honest stance by Snowflack" "I congratulate columnist Fred Snowflack for taking a strong, moral and objective stand against the xenophobia the town of Morristown is about to unleash officially."
03/30/07 - Daily Record  "Deputizing police will lead to racial profiling"
BY Ivette Alvarez, president-elect of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey
03/29/07 - Daily Record "Morristown ministers 'insulted' by mayor's comments on illegal immigrants"
03/28/07 - Posted from the Daily Record newsroom
Appreciate Cresitello for being candid, not for immigration stance
03/28/07 - New York Times EDITORIAL"In Defense of Day Laborers"
03/28/07 - Daily Record"Morristown plan to police immigrants sparks town hall debate — More than 200 people pack meeting"
03/27/07 - Daily Record "Morristown deputizing plan stirs up outcry" Advocates oppose town cops serving as immigration agents
03/27/07 - Star-Ledger "Critics hit Morristown's immigration crackdown - Plan calls for police to enforce federal laws"
03/27/07 - Daily Record "Police still not U.S. agents"
03/23/07 - Daily Record "Yin, yang alive, well" Dover, Morristown differ on aliens
03/22/07 - Daily Record "Groups ask Morristown to pull deputizing request" Attorneys call for study of program that would affect illegal immigrants
03/21/07 - Daily Record "Groups worry about Morristown immigration plan" Leaders express concern about proposal after meeting
MORRISTOWN DAILY RECORD EDITORIAL SAYS:
"Cops not U.S. agents -- Idea could make all Latinos targets" "The main problem with the mayor's idea is the criteria to be used by deputized police officers. How will they decide who may be an illegal alien? A person who looks Latino? A person speaking Spanish? "
Click to read the editorial in the 3/16/07 Daily Record »
03/13/07 - Daily Record "Morristown to US: Deputize our cops" Mayor wants local police to be able to conduct immigration inspections.
03/09/07 - Daily Record - " Officials outline struggles female immigrants face" Government leaders, nonprofit heads discuss obstacles at Morristown forum
02/27/07 - The New York Times - "Demand for English Lessons Outstrips Supply" - Immigrants are waiting for months or even years to get into government-financed English classes.
02/24/07 - The New York Times Op-Ed - "Borders Without Fences"
02/23/07 - An Editorial in the Daily Record:"Yearning to be Americans"
02/21/07 - Daily Record - "Immigrants to protest increase in citizen fees"
02/21/07 - Daily Record - "Citizenship applications up in '06"
12/17/06 - The New York Times - "Coming to Terms with the Men on the Corner"
11/15/06 - New York Times - "Vatican Decries Fence Planned for U.S. Border"
11/8/06 - Daily Record - "We need to help less fortunate"
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