Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday.

The former New Jersey governor said one of the bills he rejected had a 'drafting oversight,' and he recommended an amendment.

On Monday, the final day of the current New Jersey legislative session, lawmakers in the General Assembly and state Senate passed three bills designed to strengthen public trust and safety in immigrant communities across the Garden State, and to protect them from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and roundups.

Funding from the big tax and spending cuts bill passed by Republicans in Congress is fueling unprecedented immigration enforcement actions in cities like Minneapolis and beyond.

On his way out the door, Murphy signed a law making hospitals and schools safe zones from ICE but rejected broader protections that advocates wanted to shield immigrants.

A woman shot in the head by a federal agent, widespread protests, families separated and American citizens unlawfully detained.State Rep. Eleanor Chavez, D-Albuquerque, described these scenes before introducing House Bill 9,