Gov. Wolf, Sen. Casey Join Protesters at Philadelphia Airport | WNEP …

14 hours ago – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf also headed to the airport, sending the message, “You are welcome here,” to the detained immigrants.

Pa. to pay $48.8M over benefits to illegal immigrants | TheHill

Jan 16, 2015 – DOJ said Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services gave illegal aliens benefits under three welfare programs: Medicaid, Temporary …

Police ease rules on tattoos, turbans, beards

In extraordinary ruling, state overrules voters, orders $32M school …

Aug 4, 2016 – Freehold Borough will be allowed to expand to its schools to accommodate a growing number of children of immigrants living in the country illegally. … TRENTON — New Jersey’s education commissioner has nullified two voter … the average homeowner would have faced a $278 property tax increase.

Immigrant wave and Freehold school money crisis – Asbury Park Press

Sep 24, 2015 – Immigrant wave and Freehold school money crisis …. At one point considered the downtown of western Monmouth County, Freehold has since become a hub for mostly law … Where many New Jersey communities have struggled with … Voters, weary of high taxes in this working-class town, twice rejected a …

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“I will vote against [Sen. Jeff Sessions’] nomination to be our next Attorney General.”

Law enforcement sees Sessions as ‘police-first’ AG

Driver who shot at Arizona officer was in US illegally, investigators say

Published January 17, 2017

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A driver who shot and killed an illegal immigrant who was attacking an Arizona state trooper on the side of a highway last week believes God put him there to save the officer’s life, police revealed Monday.

“He knows that he did the right thing,” said Col. Frank Milstead, director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Continue reading →

State Police to scrap lie-detector tests for aspiring Pa. troopers

Updated: January 12, 2017 — 12:49 PM EST

by Angela Couloumbis, HARRISBURG BUREAU @AngelasInk

HARRISBURG – In a move likely to spark controversy, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Tyree C. Blocker has quietly scrapped the agency’s long-held practice of administering lie-detector tests to its recruits.

State Police officials confirmed this week that applicants vying to become state troopers will no longer undergo polygraph testing as part of an extensive background check that helps determine their acceptance into the State Police Academy.

A spokesman for the State Police would not say why Blocker ordered the change. Continue reading →

Behind the Badge

Amid protests and calls for reform, how police view their jobs, key issues and recent fatal encounters between blacks and police

By Rich Morin, Kim Parker, Renee Stepler and Andrew Mercer

Police work has always been hard. Today police say it is even harder. In a new Pew Research Center national survey conducted by the National Police Research Platform, majorities of police officers say that recent high-profile fatal encounters between black citizens and police officers have made their jobs riskier, aggravated tensions between police and blacks, and left many officers reluctant to fully carry out some of their duties. Continue reading →