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Hackensack NJ, at least eight immigrants being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Bergen County Jail in New Jersey are participating in a hunger strike to protest conditions at the facility and demand to be released. Local activists say the hunger strike is in its 18th day. ICE would not comment on how long the immigrants have stopped eating. Family members and activists who have spoken to detainees claim conditions inside the facility are “dire.”
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HACKENSACK NJ, The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office is aware of a recent phone scam were perpetrators of this fraud “spoof” their number in an attempt to appear as if they are calling from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office general phone number.
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Hackensack NJ, This afternoon, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton administered the oath of office to Undersheriff Orestes Alvarez who was sworn-in at a public ceremony in the Two Bergen County Plaza Conference Center. Undersheriff Alvarez joins Sheriff Cureton’s executive team comprised of Executive Undersheriff Vincent Quatrone, Undersheriff Dave Borzotta, Undersheriff Jin Sung Kim, and Chief Warrant Officer Cora Taylor, and will be responsible for operations at the Bergen County Jail.
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