New Jersey faces an affordable housing crisis that has reached unprecedented levels. The crisis predates COVID-19, but its severity and size have only been exacerbated by the pandemic’s impact on the state’s economy…
Over the past decade, Amazon has grown to be the second largest employer in the United States and now boasts over 1.6 million workers across all its operations. The COVID-19 pandemic has only…

February 2021 –
To put immigrant and working-class people of color on track to thrive and to rebuild a stronger Garden State where everyone can put down roots and succeed, Make the Road…

September 14, 2020 – This study seeks to quantify the economic loss experienced by immigrant New Jerseyans and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their wellbeing during the first six months of…

July 2020 – This report describes the DDDI’s first year, between November 2018 and October 2019.

April 23, 2020 – This report analyzes the experiences of low-wage immigrant workers and families in New Jersey during the first month of the COVID-19 crisis, from March to April 2020.

January 29, 2018 – 50+ Legal Organizations, Judges, Advocacy, Faith, and Labor Leaders Send Letter to Governor Murphy Encouraging Legal Representation Program for Immigrants Facing Deportation

December 2017 – Since President Trump took office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has substantially increased immigration enforcement actions across the country and here in New Jersey. One significant departure from the Obama…

December 2017 – This report evaluates Trump’s budget—including both the proposed increases to immigration
enforcement and the proposed cuts to other federal agencies—and asks: what is the cost of Trump’s
deportation-centered policies to…