+ $ 1 / FINAL EDITION W e d n e s d ay, n o v e M b e r 1 9 , 2 0 1 4 A f f I l I At E d w I t h sayreville reinstates 4 suspended coaches to teaching jobs. Page 22 IncrEASE In unAutHorIzEd ImmIgrAntS, 2009 to 2012 New Jersey +75,000 for a total of 524,000. Florida +50,000 IN BUSINESS Marley kin jammin’ for pot brand for a total of 925,000. Pennsylvania +30,000 for a total of 170,000. Reggae legend Bob Marley’s estate has announced a deal to launch the creation of a global cannabis brand carrying his name. The venture has received multimillion-dollar backing from a Seattle-based private equity firm. / Page 12 — Pew Research Center tUrNpIkE ANd pArkwAy Report: Illegals flocking to Jersey 5 dEAd In PALEStInIAn AttAck Jobs spared for toll workers Collectors’ positions will not be privatized, authority says. State tops nation for increase in unauthorized immigrants IsraelvoWs reTalIaTIon By Hope Yen Associated Press Immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are increasingly making states along the East Coast their home, and New Jersey had the biggest gain, jumping 75,000 to 524,000 as immigrants from India and Ecuador flooded the state, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. New Jersey, Florida and Pennsylvania were among seven states to register gains in unauthorized immigrants from 2009 to 2012, even as the total number of immigrants here in the U.S. unlawfully was unchanged at 11.2 million, according to the Pew Center. It was followed by Florida, increasing 50,000 to 925,000. Pennsylvania was third, rising 30,000 to 170,000. It saw increases from several regions including Honduras, India and the Dominican Republic, many of whom moved into the rapidly diversifying southeastern part of the state. Other states with increases were Maryland, Virginia, Idaho and Nebraska. In the early to mid-2000s, migrants primarily from Mexico drove much of the nation’s illegal immigration into Western states. Now, 14 states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Oregon are seeing declines. Mexicans still make up the bulk of immigrants here illegally — about 52 percent, down from 56 percent in 2009 — but increasingly other countries, particularly from Central America, Asia and the Caribbean, are contributing to the mix. The report comes as President Obama seeks to move forward with executive actions that could potentially shield about 5 million immigrants here illegally from deportation. Congressional Republicans are incensed over By Josef Federman Associated Press By Larry Higgs NJ Advance Media for The Star-Ledger Collectors on the state’s two biggest toll roads had their jobs spared after New Jersey Turnpike Authority officials said Tuesday they will not privatize the positions. Collectors have their supervisors to thanks for their new job security. Concessions agreed to by two unions presenting Turnpike and Garden State Parkway toll supervisors provided enough savings so that officials did not have to ask toll collectors for a second round of pay cuts, Joseph Mrozek, the authority’s executive director, said. “Now we can breathe a sigh of relief,” said Kevin McCarthy, president of Local 194, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers AFLCIO, which represents 1,000 toll collectors, clerks, maintenance and trade workers on the Turnpike. “It’s brighter for them now than it was last year at this time.” Toll collectors on both roads saved their jobs from a similar privatization threat in April 2011, when they agreed to a contract that cut wages and provided an SEE Toll, PAgE 6 Inside Turnpike exit to get rehab: Interchange 14A will undergo $160 million in renovations. / Page 3 Top, Ultra-Orthodox Jews mourn Tuesday during a eulogy ceremony held before the funeral of Rabbi Moshe Twersky in a religious neighborhood of Jerusalem. Above, mourners surround the bodies of victims. (gEtty ImAgES) JERUSALEM — Israel promised harsh retaliation Tuesday for a Palestinian attack that killed five people and left blood-smeared prayer books and shawls on the floor of a synagogue in Jerusalem — an assault that sharply escalated tensions that were already high after weeks of religious violence. The attack during morning prayers in the west Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof was carried out by two Palestinian cousins wielding meat cleavers, knives and a handgun. They were shot to death by police after the deadliest assault in the holy city since 2008. Four of the dead were rabbis and one was a police officer who died of his wounds hours after the attack. Three of the rabbis were born in the United States and the fourth was born in England, although all held dual Israeli citizenship. Five others were wounded. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, the first time he has done so in the wave of deadly violence against Israelis. But he also called for an end to Israeli “provocations” surrounding Jerusalem’s shrines that are sacred to Muslims and Jews alike. President Barack Obama called the attack “horrific” and SEE aTTack, PAgE 7 SEE ImmIgraTIon, PAgE 6 Today’s Weather Sunny and cold, turning mostly cloudy at night. High: 34° Low: 27° / Forecast, Page 2 Index Advice /33 Autos / 47 Business / 12 Classified / 42 Comics / 36, 37 Editorial / 12 Horoscope / 33 Lottery / 2 New Jersey / 15 Obituaries / 19 Puzzles / 33 Sports / 39 Today / 32 Towns / 18 TV Grid / 36 =4+7+d+b+4 Treat yourself with FREE Ca$h Back Checking. 87 Branches in NJ & PA to serve you. ProvidentNJ.com/CashBack 855-90CASH1