I’d intended to read a statement at Princeton Municipal Council tonight, underscoring the urgency of the need for an ICE-Free Zone in Princeton, but it turned out to be unnecessary. (An ICE-Free Zone is one which restricts the federal government’s use of municipal property for purposes of immigration enforcement when ICE lacks a judicial warrant; it’s not literally a zone that ICE can never enter.) Around 9 am, I got a voicemail from Councilwoman Mia Sacks telling me that a resolution was on the agenda, and up for vote. Resolution R-26-299 passed unanimously around 9 pm tonight. I’m grateful to the Mayor and Council for their efforts.
Rev Erich Kussman of St Bartholomew’s Lutheran Church, Trenton, leading the Peoples’ Prayer Vigil at Delaney Hall, Newark, June 2026
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Thank you for sharing this wonderful news! I wish we could have been there. Thanks for writing about it too.
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You’re welcome. As I mentioned to Asma, I was also part of an effort to persuade the mayor of West Orange to pass an ICE Free Executive Order there. The mayoral candidates in West Orange have said that they will retain and enforce the Order if elected. I split my time between Princeton and West Orange, so that’s the explanation for why I chose those two towns, but my hope is to persuade other towns, just as we did last year for the ITA Resolution.
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