Princeton, New Jersey

PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 13 (ZFJ) — Two residents of Princeton were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Jan. 15, 2026. According to Resistencia en Acción—a local migrant justice activist group—one of the detainees was arrested on his way to work, and the other was arrested as he was heading home after taking his children to school. “My cousin was heading to work. He was no criminal. We’d always meet for coffee in the morning but he never came; he was taken in a van.

Sept. 10 (ZFJ) — Cecilia Xie Birge was appointed principal of Princeton High School on Thursday, Aug. 31. The Princeton Board of Education voted unanimously for her at a special meeting. Board member Michele Tuck-Ponder was not present. “With Cecilia’s appointment tonight, we are turning a page and we are looking with excitement to the future,” said Dafna Kendal, president of the school board. Birge thanked the board and search committee for entrusting her with the position and recognized the school staff’s work for Princeton High.