{"id":21952,"date":"2019-10-02T14:58:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T18:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=21952"},"modified":"2019-10-02T14:58:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T18:58:16","slug":"sanctuary-policy-new-jersey-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/10\/02\/sanctuary-policy-new-jersey-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"In New Jersey, Building Trust By Undermining Public Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last Friday, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal once again undermined public safety when he issued a directive<\/a> ending the use of 287(g) agreements, which allow state and local law enforcement to be trained to carry out certain immigration enforcement duties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new directive actually revises \u2013 and makes worse — the 2018 Immigrant Trust Directive<\/a>, a set of rules Grewal maintained would promote public safety by building trust between immigrants and local police. The Directive gives sheriffs in the two remaining counties with operating 287(g) programs one week to comply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the eyes of Grewal, no part of his action to\nfurther limit ICE\u2019s ability to detain and arrest criminal aliens \u201cshould be\nread to imply that New Jersey provides \u2018sanctuary\u2019 to those who commit crimes\u201d\nin his state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grewal even shamelessly claimed<\/a> that there is a \u201cclimate of fear\u201d resulting in people being \u201cafraid to come out and report information to the extent they might have it,\u201d concerning the search for 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez<\/a>, who has been missing for more than a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he did not mention the arrests a week prior of 54 criminal illegal immigrants<\/a> who had been released from New Jersey jails before federal law enforcement could detain them. The criminal aliens came from 12 separate countries and were part of a nationwide enforcement effort which led to 1,300 arrests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to ICE, there were 158,581 arrests of aliens\nmade in FY2018, 90 percent of whom had criminal convictions (66 percent)\npending criminal charges (21 percent) or previously issued final orders of\nremoval (3%). That represents an 11 percent increase over FY2017, which is one\nreason several sheriffs have criticized the attorney general\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sheriffs of Monmouth and Cape May counties see Grewal\u2019s absurd focus on \u201cbuilding trust\u201d as a detriment to public safety and \u00a0renewed their agreements <\/a>\u00a0with ICE in the last year. The commitment to cooperating with ICE resulted in a warning<\/a> from the attorney general\u2019s office because they had \u201cfailed\u201d to notify them of the decision to extend the agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite being the Garden State\u2019s highest law\nenforcement authority, Grewal lacks any authority to ban the use of a federal program\nand his unconstitutional actions further undermine the rule of law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden said<\/a> the attorney general\u2019s decision not only puts law enforcement in a bind, but it also places in jeopardy in the safety of all communities, particularly immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLaw enforcement throughout Monmouth County never\nwants to be faced with a situation where a dangerous, undocumented immigrant is\nreleased from jail and poses a threat to a community. However, this sanctuary\ndirective will make our communities less safe, since it places people in those\ncommunities at risk for increased violence,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden added that he fails to recall a directive ever\nissued \u201cto ignore the laws of this country or state,\u201d which was a sentiment\nshared by Cape May Sheriff Robert Nolan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 35-year veteran law enforcement officer said<\/a> he\u2019d never been told in his entire career \u201cnot to work with another law enforcement agency.\u201d The county of Ocean, New Jersey has filed suit<\/a> challenging the constitutionality of Grewal\u2019s Immigrant Trust Directive and Cape May is planning to follow their lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grewal\u2019s latest directive adds to a growing number of actions officials in New Jersey are taking to protect criminal illegal immigrants at the expense of New Jersey residents and legal immigrants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May, New Jersey State Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner issued a May 23 directive<\/a> that would protect \u201cthe effectiveness of our system of justice\u201d by ensuring courthouses are \u201cviewed as a safe forum\u201d for witnesses and \u201ccriminal defendants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Friday, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal once again undermined public safety when he issued a directive ending the use of 287(g) agreements, which allow state and local law enforcement to be trained to carry out certain immigration enforcement duties. The new directive actually revises \u2013 and makes worse — the 2018 Immigrant<\/p>\n

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