Thread: NJ-St att gen warns N.J. deputies about immigration law role

State attorney general warns N.J. deputies about immigration law role

September 2, 2009
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TRENTON — New Jersey's attorney general is warning two law enforcement agencies to follow the rules when questioning people about their immigration status.




The Monmouth County Sheriff's Office and the Morristown Police Department are two of 11 jurisdictions in the nation that were accepted into a federal program that allows them to act on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

State Attorney General Anne Milgram today told the departments officers can only ask about immigration status after they have arrested a person on suspicion of a serious crime, not as part of an "on-the-street encounter."


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I will never understand what is wrong with asking anyone who gets stopped on the street or in a car by law enforcement officier if they are in the country legally, just a simple yes or no is required....ask everyone and the accusation of racial profiling will end.