Thread: State AG warns Morristown about immigration law role

State AG warns Morristown about immigration law role
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Last updated: Wednesday September 2, 2009, 7:41 PM
BY ELIZABETH LLORENTE
The Record
STAFF WRITER
6 Comments The state attorney general is warning law enforcers in Morristown and Hudson County — who have signed up as Homeland Security deputies — that they’d better not put immigration policing ahead of their basic local duties.

Attorney General Anne Milgram wrote to the law enforcers that, despite their acceptance into the 287 G Homeland Security program, “local law enforcement officers cannot act as federal immigration officials when patrolling our streets.â€

[quote]Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello, who applied for the program in 2007 citing the growing number of illegal immigrants settled in the town, denounced Milgram’s warning. He said she lacks the authority to prohibit local police from enforcing federal laws.

“Local police regularly cooperate with the federal government, why not on this?â€