Sen. Andy Kim (D) appeared in Maplewood on March 19, 2025, and vowed to use his position on a Senate homeland security committee to push back against Trump’s deportation efforts. (Sophie Nieto-Munoz | New Jersey Monitor)
MAPLEWOOD — In a Springfield Avenue restaurant still adorned with Christmas ornaments, Haitian immigrants met with Sen. Andy Kim Wednesday to talk about their anxiety as the Trump administration moves to end the deportation protections they’ve had since 2010.
Mario Dubois, the owner of a nearby restaurant with several employees whose temporary deportation protections are about to expire, said he’s torn between keeping those workers because they depend on their paychecks and laying them off in case immigration authorities show up at his door…