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A new year with new challenges for New Jersey's growing Latino population. On WOBM-AM's Townsquare Tonight, Latino Action Network President Frank Argote-Fryre, said they have a lot of work ahead of them explaining President Obama's executive order on immigration.

A seasonal Freehold-based soup kitchen restarts for an eleventh year this weekend. The Sanctuary program that began primarily as a shelter from New Jersey's cold long winters for immigrant day laborers, will begin serving breakfast and lunch at the First United Methodist Church on West Main Street...

The Latino Action Network's Sanctuary Program in Freehold celebrates a tenth year of offering a warm place and meals predominantly to immigrant day laborers in the Monmouth County Community.

Spanish speaking residents needing to use the services of the Monmouth County Courthouse will have more signage and translation options made available to them thanks to efforts by the Latino Coalition.

Members of New Jersey's immigrant community are paying close attention to the progress of a federal immigration reform measure making its way through Capitol Hill.

It appears that there's a new policy in place at the Hall of Records in Freehold requiring demonstrators to get a permit before protesting in the plaza. Only problem is, nobody seems to know about it, not even the Monmouth County Freeholders, according to members of the Latino Coalition.

The difficult job market is affecting every part of the community, and a series of classes to help job seekers by the Ocean County is even being taught in Spanish.

In response to a recent immigration fraud in Kearny, the New Jersey United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is working with the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Division of Consumer Affairs, as well as immigration lawyers and various Catholic charities in order to launch a national initiative to prevent immigration scams.