Transcript: “Today, we have a President that works tirelessly to dehumanize immigrants. By referring to them as “thugs”. By claiming they want to “infest our country”. By separating families and putting children in cages. By warning of marauding caravans. And by pursuing half-baked immigration policies that do nothing to make us safer. And only serve to whip up support for his nationalist agenda.
The result is that the federal government has cultivated a culture of fear. A fear that drives some of our most vulnerable residents deeper into the shadows.
These residents fear that a traffic stop will now land them in a detention center. And so they avoid the day-to-day tasks that the rest of us take for granted.
They fear that a call to the police will end in deportation. So they don’t say anything when they’re victims of violence or fraud. They fear that an ICE officer will be waiting for them outside the courthouse. So they refuse to testify at trial.
Crimes go unreported.
Criminals remain on the street.
Justice goes unserved.
Part of the problem is that some of our most vulnerable residents don’t understand the difference between an ICE officer and a local cop.
They simply fear anyone with a badge.
That makes it harder for law enforcement to protect our communities.And that affects everyone’s public safety.
So at the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office, we did something about this. Just last month, we issued a new law enforcement directive. To draw a clear, bright line between New Jersey’s law enforcement officers on the one hand and federal civil immigration authorities on the other.
The directive applies to all 36,000 law enforcement officers in New Jersey. Everyone from State Troopers to local beat cops to correctional officers. Our approach is simple.
We’re limiting the voluntary assistance that New Jersey’s law enforcement officers provide to federal civil immigration authorities.
And in doing so, we’re telling our state law enforcement agencies to focus their resources on their core priorities such as solving crimes and protecting the public rather than advancing Washington’s immigration agenda.
We want to create an environment where all our residents feel safe around law enforcement officers.
Because you can be pro-immigrant and pro-law enforcement at the same time.”
Being illegal is illegal. So where does the fear come from? Not doing your due diligence and doing things legally. So how do we support 6000 illegals at our border? They can all live at your house and you can support them yourself since I have a hard enough time supporting my family alone. Focus on cutting NJ taxes instead of fighting some made up government (moderated) about Trump. He is doing a job no one wanted to do. He is not a pansy and your can’t handle that. Who elected these folks? Really. No common sense whatsoever.
Yes the president is working tirelessly to protect our country. where are you brains
Not sure what to make of this guy. He’s smart and did the right thing in a case I know about. but even there one of his comments were way off.
I think that happened here too.
yes (moderated) moron! 600 KNOWN convicted felons in caravan!! you and gov should move to guatemala! (take menendez and spartacus with you!!)
we need to show compassion, remember how we were not greeted, plus the Torah hakodasha states to love thy stranger. we need to allow anyone seeking asylum status to get consideration if its denied they will leave on their own.
The Torah did not advocate for people to pay half their salaries in taxes and use those funds to support everyone in the world who just happens to make their way across the border.
When will these Democrats stop lying??!!. The pictures of children in cages were taken in 2013 ..Obama was President! Lastly why are these Democrats giving money from hard working people to people that broke the law to get here.
When will the Democrats care about the people that live here and pay taxes!