New Jersey is extending and expanding a program to pay stimulus money to undocumented immigrants who did not qualify for other stimulus programs or unemployment benefits.
A day after immigrant rights groups stopped traffic on the Turnpike, Gov. Murphy is signaling support for the protesters and says he is open to providing more stimulus money to undocumented workers in New Jersey.
Angered over a lack of funding for undocumented workers in the new state budget, immigrant's rights activists ground traffic to a halt on the New Jersey Turnpike during rush hour on Monday.
The rally against extending Gov. Phil Murphy's pandemic powers got most of the headlines on Thursday, but there was another rally in Trenton that also drew the attention of state lawmakers.