{"id":23508,"date":"2019-11-24T14:55:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T21:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=23508"},"modified":"2022-11-24T05:39:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T12:39:28","slug":"new-jersey-demanded-its-counties-end-their-287g-agreements-three-of-them-are-suing-the-state-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=23508","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Demanded Its Counties End Their 287(g) Agreements. Three of Them Are Suing the State Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Monmouth, Ocean, and Cape May Counties are suing the state of New Jersey over the Attorney General\u2019s Directive, which placed limits on the amount of aid local law enforcements could use when cooperating with immigration authorities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Titled the \u201cImmigrant Trust Directive,\u201d the policy put into place by Attorney General Gurbir Grewal most recently blocked Monmouth County from participating in a federal program that trains corrections officers to determine the immigration status of jail inmates and then flags them for federal action. An earlier state directive, handed down in September, seeks to prohibit the sheriff\u2019s departments in Monmouth and Cape May Counties from continuing the 287g agreement that has allowed some of their officers to act as immigration agents in county jails. Monmouth and Cape May Counties both renewed for a decade despite Grewal\u2019s directive.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Angered over the fact that they can\u2019t jail and hold people for ICE to deport them, the counties are moving towards suing the state to continue. It begs the question how much money does ICE give to allow constitutional rights to be revoked for undocumented individuals living in New Jersey?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Directive\u2019s goal, according to Grewal, \u201cis clear\u2014to make it easier for New Jersey\u2019s law enforcement officers to solve crimes and ensure the safety of all 9 million people in our state by building trust with our large and diverse immigrant communities. Because of the bright line between New Jersey law enforcement officers and federal civil immigration agents, immigrants can come forward as victims and witnesses of crimes without fear of reprisal.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Monmouth County<\/a>\u00a0is arguing that it is unprecedented that state officials supersede federal law, as the AG\u2019s directive runs counter to federal Department of Justice guidance. \u201cWe wanted someone in here to make sure Monmouth County is protected and do the right thing,\u201d Freeholder Director Tom Arnone argued, \u201cWe have never had a period of time when the (New Jersey) attorney general has made a ruling over the DOJ. Right or wrong, we are obligated to do our due diligence.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Not surprisingly, the arguments fall back onto a rhetoric of keep citizens\u00a0safer<\/em>, blaming the recent bail reform in place for possibly pushing out\u00a0violent\u00a0<\/em>offenders that could otherwise be picked up by ICE.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While state politicians and some residents claim that the agreements keep the Monmouth County residents safe, others are against continued cooperation. The idea that immigrants commit more violent crimes has proven time and again to be false, dredged up for the purpose of justifying ICE\u2019s cruelty and encroachment of civil liberties. Increasingly, minor misdemeanors that would land a citizen with a ticket and an uncomfortable day at court are being used as justification to deport large populations in immigrant communities, both in the state and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It is hypocritical that those counties, who proudly harken to their Italian, Irish and immigrant roots at the drop of a hat, would whoop and holler for the ability to throw those whose histories aligned with our own in prison indefinitely. Fleeing violence, economic hardship, and increasing poverty, they\u2019ve come into this country – and this state – to make a better life for themselves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Our families fled from the same. Fleeing economic hardships, famine, rising fascist governments and violence, they came to this country to make a better life. Now, in the face of Libertas, we\u2019ve spit on them as violent offenders and gleefully watch them being separated from their families and loved ones.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Have we no shame?<\/p>\r\n

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Never Again Action, Elizabeth, New Jersey, June 2019<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Never Again Action, Elizabeth, New Jersey, June 2019<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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(Photo Credit 1: Tariq Zehawi \/ Asbury Park Press<\/a>) (Photo Credit 2: Facebook \/ Never Again Action<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monmouth, Ocean, and Cape May Counties are suing the state of New Jersey over the Attorney General\u2019s Directive, which placed limits on the amount of aid local law enforcements could use when cooperating with immigration authorities. Titled the \u201cImmigrant Trust Directive,\u201d the policy put into place by Attorney General Gurbir Grewal most recently blocked Monmouth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6250,6324,890,5998],"class_list":["post-23508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-abolishice","tag-ice","tag-new-jersey","tag-nichole-smith","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23508"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26656,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508\/revisions\/26656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}