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New Jersey man puts permanent resident (LPR) status in jeopardy

A former resident of Belarus, now a US permanent resident living in New Jersey,  recently plead guilty to federal extortion charges stemming from threats he made when his company unexpectly laid him off.  Now, not only does he face jail time and a possible $250,000 fine, by he could lose his LPR status and be deported because of the plea.

New Jersey attempts to use immigration detention to increase bail

The New Jersey Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether an immigration detainer can be used as a factor to increase bail in state criminal court. Manuel Fajardo-Santos’s bail in NJ criminal court was originally set at $75,000 for child molestation. When ICE discovered he was in the country illegally, they picked him up and began removal proceedings, even though his state criminal case had not yet been...

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