On the streets with volunteers fighting ICE enforcement in N.J. immigrant communities, one pamphlet at a time

It’s 7:14 a.m. on a recent, chilly Thursday when Asma Elhuni pulls her vehicle into a convenience store parking lot on the edge of East Windsor’s Twin Rivers neighborhood.

She’s here to meet up with Resistencia en Acción NJ (Resistance in Action) team members for a community patrol.

The morning’s mission is to engage and educate the immigrant population on their rights and what the organization believes they should do if they’re confronted by federal immigration agents, or ICE, as the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency is widely known.

Elhuni and a newcomer, Joanne Lloyd, board a small red school-style bus armed with pamphlets, printed in Spanish and English, with tips and the organization’s hotline to call if they spot ICE in their neighborhood.

Along the way, if Elhuni s