Catalino Guerrero, center left, stands with U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, left, and Newark Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Tobin, center right, during a rally outside of the Peter Rodino Federal Building before attending an immigration hearing, Friday, March 10, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Guerrero, who arrived in the U.S. illegally in 1991, is facing deportation. Organizers claim he is an upstanding citizen and should not be deported.
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In Newark, a Presidents Day rally against a president
Elston, a 45-year-old truck driver who lives in Newark, is a fan of the nation’s 45th president, Donald Trump . He had just shouted the same argument at a group of about 50 protestors staging a Presidents Day rally against the sitting president, at the seated statue Abraham Lincoln in front of the old courthouse at Springfield Avenue and Market Street.
Trump pick for ed secretary a ‘slap in the face,’ N.J. teachers say
Betsy DeVos, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next secretary of education, had advocated for school choice and voucher programs. Both of New Jersey’s senators said they plan to vote against her confirmation.
Top New Jersey lawmakers join rally to save ‘Obamacare’
Hundreds of people have gathered at a raucous rally in Newark to oppose Republican efforts to dismantle and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law. Several high-ranking Democrats – including New Jersey’s two U.S. senators and several members of its Congressional delegation – were among those taking part in Sunday’s rally at the Robert Treat Hotel.